What is the reason for using character strings for dates in your SP? If you want (for some reason) to use characters, then you need to pass them as characters from VFP. You can use DTOS() function for this.

Also, what empty string will mean?

>I have 3 parameters I am trying to pass to a stored procedure
>They are date fields in the parameters, not date time.
>The SP variables are string.
>
>Is this the correct syntax in Foxpro 9?
>I am not getting a cursor to be generated.
>The SP works when I enter 01/01/2009 and 02/01/2009 in QA
>
>ldStartDate={}
>ldEndDate={}
>ldStartDate=thisform.startdate.value
>ldEndDate=thisform.enddate.value
>
> lcSQLCMD="exec get_invoices ?ldStartDate,?ldEndDate"
> SQLEXEC(gnConnect,lcSQLCMD,'jobcost')
>
>
>the parameters in the SP are this
>
>Alter PROCEDURE get_invoices
> @ldStartDate Char(12) = '',
> @ldEndDate Char(12) = ''
>AS