diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
index 028fe45e151..2170c4f8a83 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-07-26 Alain Magloire
+	Fix for 92446
+	* cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
+	* cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Value.java
+	* cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java
+
 2005-07-21 Alain Magloire
 	Fix for PR 103193
 	* cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/LocationBreakpoint.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
index de01cbc6718..72761eefd7f 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ public class VariableManager extends Manager {
 					//throw new MI2CDIException(e);
 					eventList.add(new MIVarDeletedEvent(mi, varName));
 				}
+				variable.setUpdated(true);
 				for (int j = 0; j < changes.length; j++) {
 					String n = changes[j].getVarName();
 					if (changes[j].isInScope()) {
@@ -635,12 +636,52 @@ public class VariableManager extends Manager {
 						eventList.add(new MIVarDeletedEvent(mi, n));
 					}
 				}
+			} else {
+				variable.setUpdated(false);
 			}
 		}
 		MIEvent[] events = (MIEvent[]) eventList.toArray(new MIEvent[0]);
 		mi.fireEvents(events);
 	}
 
+	public void update(Variable variable) throws CDIException {
+		Target target = (Target)variable.getTarget();
+		MISession mi = target.getMISession();
+		List eventList = new ArrayList();
+		update(target, variable, eventList);
+		MIEvent[] events = (MIEvent[]) eventList.toArray(new MIEvent[0]);
+		mi.fireEvents(events);		
+	}
+
+	public void update(Target target, Variable variable, List eventList) throws CDIException {
+		MISession mi = target.getMISession();
+		CommandFactory factory = mi.getCommandFactory();
+		String varName = variable.getMIVar().getVarName();
+		MIVarChange[] changes = noChanges;
+		MIVarUpdate update = factory.createMIVarUpdate(varName);
+		try {
+			mi.postCommand(update);
+			MIVarUpdateInfo info = update.getMIVarUpdateInfo();
+			if (info == null) {
+				throw new CDIException(CdiResources.getString("cdi.Common.No_answer")); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
+			changes = info.getMIVarChanges();
+		} catch (MIException e) {
+			//throw new MI2CDIException(e);
+			eventList.add(new MIVarDeletedEvent(mi, varName));
+		}
+		variable.setUpdated(true);
+		for (int j = 0; j < changes.length; j++) {
+			String n = changes[j].getVarName();
+			if (changes[j].isInScope()) {
+				eventList.add(new MIVarChangedEvent(mi, n));
+			} else {
+				destroyVariable(variable);
+				eventList.add(new MIVarDeletedEvent(mi, n));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * We are trying to minimize the impact of the updates, this can be very long and unncessary if we
 	 * have a very deep stack and lots of local variables.  We can assume here that the local variables
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Value.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Value.java
index 17c1c3a4034..ff6f4373e20 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Value.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Value.java
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ public class Value extends CObject implements ICDIValue {
 	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDIValue#getValueString()
 	 */
 	public String getValueString() throws CDIException {
+		// make sure the variable is updated.
+		if (! variable.isUpdated()) {
+			variable.update();
+		}
+
 		String result = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
 		MISession mi = ((Target)getTarget()).getMISession();
 		CommandFactory factory = mi.getCommandFactory();
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java
index c49968b196a..65e237e3687 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public abstract class Variable extends VariableDescriptor implements ICDIVariabl
 	String editable = null;
 	String language;
 	boolean isFake = false;
+	boolean isUpdated = true;
 
 	public Variable(VariableDescriptor obj, MIVar v) {
 		super(obj);
@@ -90,6 +91,20 @@ public abstract class Variable extends VariableDescriptor implements ICDIVariabl
 		fMiVar = v;
 	}
 
+	public void setUpdated(boolean update) {
+		isUpdated = update;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isUpdated() {
+		return isUpdated;
+	}
+
+	public void update() throws CDIException {
+		Session session = (Session)getTarget().getSession();
+		VariableManager mgr = session.getVariableManager();
+		mgr.update(this);
+	}
+
 	public MIVar getMIVar() {
 		return fMiVar;
 	}