Are those free tables use any new features introduced after VFP6? It could cause problems for VFP ODBC driver. See http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/visual-foxpro-odbc-driver for details.

>The odbc connection is configured for database.
>The application does create free tables while it is running. The odbc connection references an existing table in a database.
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>Thanks for your help!
>Laurie