>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>My colleague is having a problem with our application. We have Settings table where the SettingVal column is varchar(max). He is using Windows XP computer and the settingVal column is not updated for him (remains blank). The statements being passed from VFP to SQL Server use this syntax
>>>

>>>execute sp_executeSQL "update dbo.Settings set SettingVal = @p1 where KeyVal = @p2", N'@p1 varchar(max), @p2 int', '', 100
>>>

>>>
>>>So, for some reason the value is not passed in correctly.
>>>
>>>Needless to say that it works OK for everyone else. I compared our ODBC DSN settings and the difference is that I am using Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver Version 06.01.7601 and he is using 03.85.1132 version. I suspect that this is the problem unless you can think of another one.
>>>
>>>Now, we did a quick Google Search for ODBC Sql Server Driver for Windows XP but we didn't find a link to download the driver which will work on Windows XP.
>>>
>>>Do you know where he can get the driver?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
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>>I think ODBC driver 3.... has no varchar(max) type.
>>use SQL Profiler to see what is sent to SQL Server.
>
>Boris,
>
>The statement I posted was from the profiler. As you see, the @p1 parameter was passed as '' instead of the value.
>
>My question is - where is the link for the driver for Windows XP. I found ODBC 11 driver but it doesn't list Windows XP as supported platform.

There is no driver for XP.
It is not supported.
Maybe you could try to install SQL native Client for SQL Server 2008 or 2008?