>You've pasted SqlOleDb stuff rather than OleDb ... just wanted to point that out in case David didn't realize that there was a difference.

thanks!

is there a way to connect to Foxpro data via .NET without an ODBC driver?
I thought a little more deeply about his question and.. welll
Mr Stowell's question doesn't state that he can guarantee each machine will have a ODBC or an OLE DB Driver installed.

I think without a driver installed you cant get at Foxpro data (via a .NET assembly)unless you use COM interop and have a VFP Com object retreive the data.

And if that is the case my answer won't work...

:-S

thanks,
Dave.