[Pharo-project] Ugly crashes in 09.09.3 - any ideas?

I moved my code into 09.09.3 web, and it is crashing badly - the vm just dies, no indication (that I have found) as to why. Reminds me of working in C on 16 bit systems =:( By sneaking up on the crash, I see that it is quitting when asking ODBCConnection to connect. At one point, just inspecting a handle is enough to blow away the vm. Suggestions would be appreciated. I might set up a new image with just ODBC to try to reproduce it. Bill