>The last I had heard was that Clipper allows for 1024 fields and dBase 512. This was a later change for dBase and I think they had to alter the structure of the .dbf a bit to do this. Because of this deviation in the file structure I don't think dBase ODBC driver will read a Clipper table because of the different structures (which is the same scenario I fall into with VFP).

Yes, this is what I meant to say to Alexandre - that no driver would translate the table if you had too many fields. Too bad, because there are times when you NEED many fields. Normalization (suggested in another message on the thread) only works if you're repeating fields. I remember trying to fit a home-loan application into the original 1984 Clipper. Multiple tables with 1-to-1 relationships.

Barbara