>The first one is version independent ProgID. The second one is version specific ProgID. In case of VFP OLE DB provider there ever was only version 1 so either one will work.
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>In general, when version independent ProgID is specified, Windows will use the lates instaled version of the COM server/ActiveX control.
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Thank you very much for your help.
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