Hi, At least I see one problem, you cannot "return p"; you must char* inter2::getName( ... ) { ... return CORBA::string_dup(p); } You can refer to omniORB 'echo' example. >> server: >> >> char * inter2::getName( prova::inter_ptr obj ) >> { >> char *p=obj->name(); >> >> cout<<p<<endl >> >> return p; >> }