Gary:

> This may not be related to your problem, but I've had that happen with
> different Sybase ODBC driver versions going against the same database.
> IOW, version 11 returns a result of one with an empty cursor if ro records
> found while version 12.5 gave a different result.
>
> Do the different apps connect the same?

It is my "understanding" that both T.O.A.D. and V.F.P. utilize the common
ODBC connection.

The query should return records; therefore, the issue of delivering an
empty result set versus no result set should not be an issue.