>I'm opening a connection to SQL in VFP 9.
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>SQLSTRINGCONNECT() is returning 1.
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>Later, when I attempt to do a SQLEXEC(), I get "Connection Handle Is Invalid".
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>It's still 1, so I'm not sure what's wrong.
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Are you using VFP9SP1 beta by any chance? There was a bag in it that made handle invalid under some circumstances. It has been fixed in SP1-final.