>Actually, I'm not going into VFP at all, I'm just using the VFPToolkit to create the dataview...maybe that's my problem <g>.

Well, if you are using the SQLOleDb provider and a SQL Server backend, then you should just do your code as is in VB.NET. You will eliminate an unecessary layer. I thought you have something to go in VFP for. Or, maybe there is still a reason that I am not aware of. But, I believe your solution here would be to go directly in such an approach instead. I cannot know if that is the cause of the problem.