>Hi,
>
>maybe SYS(987) helps in your case.

This is what I did:

? SYS( 987)  && return False
? SYS( 987, .T. )

o = SQLSTRINGCONNECT( 'dsn=test;charset=utf8' )
? SQLEXEC( o, 'select * from test02' )
BROWSE

Still same gibberish results.

Anything else I might have missed out?

Dennis