>>>Hi All,
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>>>Is there any way to connect a SQL Server from a pure Dos client? We just need run sql commands. It can be from just command line or foxpro-dos. I had tried from foxpro dos with connectivity kit with no success.
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>>When you say pure DOS client, do you mean old DOS like DOS 6.22 or prior, or are you talking about a command window in a later Windows OS?
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>Like Dos 6.22 . :)

How do you connect to the network? You first need to connect to your SQL server somehow, and your sql client (whatever it is) needs to establish that connection.

I'd recommend to install the IP stack, which you can do under DOS 7.0 (aka "what makes Windows 98 tick"). Install W98 and run it without win.exe, i.e. stay in DOS. There remove other network protocols (like NetBEUI, IPX) if you find them, then install the TCP/IP protocol, which may be a tad hard to find - took me some time in 1998 to find it - and then you may be able to connect... maybe. Though, SQL server + DOS, that's like having GPS on an oxcart...

If you solve this, please publish it here. I love to read history as it happens.