External content sharepoint list permissions

So I have created external content types that are read-only for some sql data.
The issue that I'm trying to solve now is that the SharePoint list which displays the data has a "view item" functionality on one of the columns. When the user clicks that, there is an error that says:
InfoPath cannot open the form because of an application configuration error: The schema version for the External Content Type does not match the schema version for the form. To fix this problem, contact the form designer.
I don't understand what it is talking about. The list was created from scratch by Designer 2010 as a part of creating the external content type. The only infopath that is related to the list is the infopath form that Designer creates when it creates the
list.
So, what kind of an issue is being encountered?
I tried, as a work-around, changing the permissions on the list so that users could see the items displayed in the list, but could not click on the link. The idea was to prevent them from reaching the point where the error appears. So far, that effort
has failed.
Does anyone have a solution for this problem?

thanks for the ideas. I went back and checked other external content types that I had created. They didn't have problems displaying the detail.
However, it hit me while I was doing this that I had done something different when I created the external content lists that were giving me problems.
On the dialog that prompts for the new list name, etc. there is a checkbox for generating the infopath form.
When I had created the other external content lists, I had not checked that box, and found that the ribbon had no button for invoking infopath.
So, on these lists I checked the "create infopath form" box. For these, the ribbon button for infopath is gone and I get the error.
A colleague used SharePoint Designer and was able to turn off the view item option which at least prevents the users from getting error messages.
When I go to create the next set of content, I will be certain not to check those boxes.
Thank you again.

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