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Visual FoxPro 8.0 ODBC
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11/04/2007 12:43:46
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>>>>Where can I find the Visual FoxPro 8.0 ODBC Driver?
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>>>Unfortunately there is no ODBC driver specifically for VFP8. The last one offered was for VFP 6.0:
>>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/updates/odbc/default.aspx
>>>
>>>It works with other versions as long as no new table extensions are used.
>>>If you need, you could try with the OleDB Provider which is up to date:
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E1A87D8F-2D58-491F-A0FA-95A3289C5FD4&displaylang=en
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>>Do you know where can I download it for VFP8 version or is it possible to use it with VFP8?

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>Just use the same one. It should work fine as long as you do not ask it to work on data structures/functionality created after VFP 6.0
>Obviously if you have more modern structures you might get some problems. :)
>
>That's why OleDB is better. :)
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>[Update]: I see now your thread on VFP9 OleDb vs VFP8 OleDB.
>I thought you were talking about using the old ODBC Driver. If it was about OleDB I see you already have the answers there from Borislav and Sergey.

Yes, as I understood I can use VFP9 OleDb with VFP8 keeping in mind possible consequences in handling select-SQL.
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