>>>I am using vfp50 and I need to append records from
>>>a cobol.fil file to a foxpro dbf. Can I do that through an ODBC driver?
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>>Only if you can find an ODBC driver for Cobol. I have never run across one, and, believe me, I have searched for many kinds of drivers.
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>>I usually have to resort to a text file generation routine, then import that file into my VFP tables.
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>Hey Mark - thanks for your reply...
>If I do find a driver, can I still use vfp as if I was using the DBF files tables. Inotherwords,can I still use the command line using things like, BROWSE, APPEND BLANK,COUNT. I did not know if a driver will let me communicate with
>the Database like I am use to communcating with the DBF files.

Yes, VFP, using ODBC, allows you to create remote views and treat them similarly to VFP tables. However, I am not sure about Cobol data and remote views of such as well as update ability.