diff --git a/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx b/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx
index f0f6090..34f84d7 100644
--- a/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx
+++ b/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx
@@ -1753,6 +1753,7 @@ ULONG SwNewDBMgr::GetColumnFmt( const String& rDBName,
         uno::Reference< XConnection> xConnection;
         sal_Bool bUseMergeData = sal_False;
         uno::Reference< XColumnsSupplier> xColsSupp;
+        bool bDisposeConnection = false;
         if(pImpl->pMergeData &&
             pImpl->pMergeData->sDataSource.equals(rDBName) && pImpl->pMergeData->sCommand.equals(rTableName))
 		{
@@ -1777,6 +1778,7 @@ ULONG SwNewDBMgr::GetColumnFmt( const String& rDBName,
             {
                 rtl::OUString sDBName(rDBName);
                 xConnection = RegisterConnection( sDBName );
+                bDisposeConnection = true;
             }
             if(bUseMergeData)
                 pImpl->pMergeData->xConnection = xConnection;
@@ -1807,6 +1809,10 @@ ULONG SwNewDBMgr::GetColumnFmt( const String& rDBName,
             {
                 ::comphelper::disposeComponent( xColsSupp );
             }
+            if(bDisposeConnection)
+            {
+                ::comphelper::disposeComponent( xConnection );
+            }
         }
         else
 			nRet = pNFmtr->GetFormatIndex( NF_NUMBER_STANDARD, LANGUAGE_SYSTEM );