Index: class.ux_t3lib_db.php
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--- class.ux_t3lib_db.php	(revision 2449)
+++ class.ux_t3lib_db.php	(working copy)
@@ -1093,7 +1093,17 @@
 				break;
 			case 'adodb':
 				$rs = $this->handlerInstance[$this->lastHandlerKey]->SelectLimit('SELECT * FROM '.$this->quoteFromTables($table),1);
-				$str = $rs->MetaType($type, $max_length);
+				if (is_object($rs)) {
+					$str = $rs->MetaType($type, $max_length);
+				} else {
+						// TODO ct 2007-10-09 ignore mapped tables and add entry in DBAL-error log (status = info)
+						// Find handler configuration:
+					$cfgArray = $this->handlerCfg[$this->lastHandlerKey];
+					$handlerType = (string)$cfgArray['type'];
+
+					$this->debug_log('SELECT * FROM '.$this->quoteFromTables($table), time(), $table, 0, 1, 'class.ux_t3lib_db.php');
+					t3lib_div::sysLog('Could not get MetaType fromDB server using ADOdb on '.$cfgArray['config']['host'].' with user '.$cfgArray['config']['username'].'.', 'Core', 1);
+				}
 				break;
 			case 'userdefined':
 				$str = $this->handlerInstance[$this->lastHandlerKey]->MetaType($str,$table,$max_length);