Yes it's 32-bit VFP OLE DB provider versus 64-bit SQL Server http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/vfp-ole-db-provider

>The fact that I get :
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>"Could not locate registry entry for OLE DB provider 'VFPOLEDB.1'."
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>when I execute this sqlserver express r8:
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>select * from openrowset ('VFPOLEDB.1', 'c:\data\plucz\plucz.dbc'; ' '; ' ','select * from polished')
>go
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>is a 64bit issue right? No point in exploring this any further, is what I'm really asking.
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>From about in management studio:
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>Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio						10.50.1600.1
>Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)						6.1.7600.16385
>Microsoft MSXML						3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 
>Microsoft Internet Explorer						8.0.7600.16385
>Microsoft .NET Framework						2.0.50727.4963
>Operating System						6.1.7600
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