>Thanks for feedback all.
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>Yes I think it the bug rearing it's head, which is troublesome as it contains data that could be of any length.
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>What would be the best way of achieving the same outcome of creating a connection without using SQLStringConnect? Apologies for the level of questions, this is a whole new area for me.

If SPT is not a must then ADO would do IMHO.
Cetin