>>I never tried with XP, only Win7.
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>Windows 7 and SQL Server Driver works fine for me for varchar(max) columns. It is the SQL Server Native client that has problem.
What about Date and DateTime fields, do they work fine with SQL Server Driver? I think I remember that what works with one does not work for the other, but I might be wrong (no surprises there).
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