I'm also very surprised there isn't a DB aware RichMemo component yet for Lazarus in the default installation.You could try TDBRichMemo from here:http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,26810.msg167231.html#msg167231I had no problem installing this together with the RichMemo package:http://wiki.freepascal.org/RichMemo#Download