diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/dbase/DTable.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/dbase/DTable.cxx
index 28d4436931ec..078d630e0bf4 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/dbase/DTable.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/dbase/DTable.cxx
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ sal_Bool ODbaseTable::UpdateBuffer(OValueRefVector& rRow, OValueRefRow pOrgRow,c
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-sal_Bool ODbaseTable::WriteMemo(ORowSetValue& aVariable, sal_uIntPtr& rBlockNr)
+sal_Bool ODbaseTable::WriteMemo(const ORowSetValue& aVariable, sal_uIntPtr& rBlockNr)
 {
     RTL_LOGFILE_CONTEXT_AUTHOR( aLogger, "dbase", "Ocke.Janssen@sun.com", "ODbaseTable::WriteMemo" );
     // if the BlockNo 0 is given, the block will be appended at the end
diff --git a/connectivity/source/inc/dbase/DTable.hxx b/connectivity/source/inc/dbase/DTable.hxx
index ad352d0a4ccf..334a8141af07 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/inc/dbase/DTable.hxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/inc/dbase/DTable.hxx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace connectivity
             sal_Bool ReadMemoHeader();
             sal_Bool ReadMemo(sal_uIntPtr nBlockNo, ORowSetValue& aVariable);
 
-            sal_Bool WriteMemo(ORowSetValue& aVariable, sal_uIntPtr& rBlockNr);
+            sal_Bool WriteMemo(const ORowSetValue& aVariable, sal_uIntPtr& rBlockNr);
             sal_Bool WriteBuffer();
             sal_Bool UpdateBuffer(OValueRefVector& rRow, OValueRefRow pOrgRow,const ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference< ::com::sun::star::container::XIndexAccess>& _xCols);
             ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference< ::com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet> isUniqueByColumnName(sal_Int32 _nColumnPos);