>>The VFP OLE DB provider does support Nulls. Would you use the VB "Nothing" or VFP NULL depends on what method you're planning to use to access VFP data.
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>Well, in essence, it would be the VB 2008 code that would be writing the nulls, presumably with the "Nothing" keyword, and a separate VFP application that would be reading the nulls, depending on them being FoxPro NULLs. The crux of my question is whether using the "Nothing" keyword will get the desired effect. It sounds like it, but I want to be sure.
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>David

Nothing doesn't mean NULL, it means an object isn't initialized. Look at system.dbnull.value.