Encoding problems

[joelcc]

So I have the same error on a non BDE (I am using dbexpress) datasource.

If I debug through the iwdbgrids.pas at line 572 I get the error

                    if CurrentField.DataType in [ftBlob, ftMemo] then begin
                      LBlobStream := TStringStream.Create('', TEncoding.UTF8); try
                        (CurrentField as TBlobField).SaveToStream(LBlobStream);

--this is the line the causes the error.
                        S := LBlobStream.DataString;

                      finally
                        LBlobStream.Free;
                      end;


Any ideas on how to solve this issue?   Maybe it is a bad driver.

I am using Seattle and iw14.