>I have a connection to a SQL db and it works fine for many apps. However, I'm trying to use it to retrieve a single field which is 255 characters in SQL and I get:
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>"No update tables are specified. Use the Tables property of the cursor"
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>The connection is using the defaults. Could it be that the 255 characters is too much for VFP?

No, it's not. It'll be mapped to Memo field in VFP, thats all.