diff -aurN gnumeric-1.7.0.orig/configure.in gnumeric-1.7.0/configure.in
--- gnumeric-1.7.0.orig/configure.in	2006-05-08 07:17:34.000000000 +0200
+++ gnumeric-1.7.0/configure.in	2006-07-31 22:54:45.521026580 +0200
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@
 	fi
 )
 if test "$try_gda" = "true"; then
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GDA, [libgda-2.0 >= 1.3.0],
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GDA, [libgda >= 1.2.3],
 		[gda_msg=yes],
 		[gda_msg="NO.  libgda problem"])
 	if test "$gda_msg" = "yes"; then
-		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOMEDB, [libgnomedb-2.0 >= 1.3.0],
+		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOMEDB, [libgnomedb >= 1.2.1],
 			[gnomedb_msg="yes"],
 			[gnomedb_msg="NO. libgnomedb problem"])
 		if test "$gnomedb_msg" = "yes"; then
diff -aurN gnumeric-1.7.0.orig/plugins/gda/plugin-gda.c gnumeric-1.7.0/plugins/gda/plugin-gda.c
--- gnumeric-1.7.0.orig/plugins/gda/plugin-gda.c	2006-03-09 04:29:33.000000000 +0100
+++ gnumeric-1.7.0/plugins/gda/plugin-gda.c	2006-07-31 23:10:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBGNOMEDB
 	GtkWidget *dialog, *login;
 #endif
-	GError *error = NULL;
 
 	/* initialize connection pool if first time */
 	if (!GDA_IS_CLIENT (connection_pool)) {
@@ -198,11 +197,7 @@
 		real_password = g_strdup (password);
 #endif
 		
-		cnc = gda_client_open_connection (connection_pool, real_dsn, real_user, real_password, options, &error);
-		if (!cnc) {
-			g_warning ("Libgda error: %s\n", error->message);
-			g_error_free (error);
-		}
+		cnc = gda_client_open_connection (connection_pool, real_dsn, real_user, real_password, options);
 		
 		g_free (real_dsn);
 		g_free (real_user);
@@ -256,7 +251,6 @@
 	GdaDataModel*  recset;
 	GList*         recset_list;
 	GdaCommand*    cmd;
-	GError*        error = NULL;
 
 	dsn_name = value_get_as_string (args[0]);
 	user_name = value_get_as_string (args[1]);
@@ -272,7 +266,7 @@
 
 	/* execute command */
 	cmd = gda_command_new (sql, GDA_COMMAND_TYPE_SQL, 0);
-	recset_list = gda_connection_execute_command (cnc, cmd, NULL, &error);
+	recset_list = gda_connection_execute_command (cnc, cmd, NULL);
 	gda_command_free (cmd);
 	if (recset_list) {
 		recset = (GdaDataModel *) recset_list->data;
@@ -283,13 +277,9 @@
 
 		g_list_foreach (recset_list, (GFunc) g_object_unref, NULL);
 		g_list_free (recset_list);
-	} else {
-		if (error) {
-			ret = value_new_error (ei->pos, error->message);
-			g_error_free (error);
-		} else
+
+		} else 
 			ret = value_new_empty ();
-	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -348,7 +338,7 @@
 
 	/* execute command */
 	cmd = gda_command_new (table, GDA_COMMAND_TYPE_TABLE, 0);
-	recset_list = gda_connection_execute_command (cnc, cmd, NULL, &error);
+	recset_list = gda_connection_execute_command (cnc, cmd, NULL);
 	gda_command_free (cmd);
 	if (recset_list) {
 		recset = (GdaDataModel *) recset_list->data;