Looks like the driver name isn't right. Look here http://connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2008 for the ODBC connection string.

>yesterday I installed SQL2008 developer
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>I could connect with this:
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>strConnectionString	= [Driver={SQL Server};Server=OTT-LT1026;Database=kba_sql;Uid=sa;pwd=]
>strConnectionString	= [Driver={SQL Server};Server=OTT-LT1026;Database=kba_sql;Trusted Connection]
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>strSQL				  = [select * from claims where 1=1 ] && or what ever sql statement you are passing.
>csrCursorToBeReturned = [csrNames]
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>intHandle = SQLSTRINGCONNECT(strConnectionString)
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>intResults = SQLEXEC(intHandle, strSQL, csrCursorToBeReturned)
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>today it times out
>with SQL management studio I connect just fine
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>what could be wrong?
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>Peter