Index: apps/app_voicemail.c
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--- apps/app_voicemail.c	(Revision 257023)
+++ apps/app_voicemail.c	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -2313,6 +2313,7 @@
 	int x = 0;
 	int res;
 	int fd=-1;
+	int j;
 	size_t fdlen = 0;
 	void *fdm = MAP_FAILED;
 	SQLSMALLINT colcount=0;
@@ -2336,7 +2337,18 @@
 	struct generic_prepare_struct gps = { .sql = sql, .argc = 2, .argv = argv };
 
 	struct odbc_obj *obj;
-	obj = ast_odbc_request_obj(odbc_database, 0);
+	
+	for (j=0; j<20; j++) {
+		obj = ast_odbc_request_obj(odbc_database, 0);
+		if (obj) {
+			break;
+		}
+		else {
+		    ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "----------------------------> Failed to get a ODBC obj, try again. Try:%d\n", j);
+			usleep(250000);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	if (obj) {
 		ast_copy_string(fmt, vmfmts, sizeof(fmt));
 		c = strchr(fmt, '|');