>>>We use 11 in production for perhaps 120 users. We use memo fields extensively, and there are no reported issues.
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>>How can I check which version I have installed on my machine? When does this get installed?
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>>I don't specifically remember installing an ODBC package, so it must have come in from when I installed FoxPro, or Sql Server Express, I would guess.
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>Find the 32-bit odbc administrator -- easy in Win 8.1, where the 32-bit and 64-bit are listed when you search on odbc. Otherwise, go to syswow64 (on x64 machines) and start odbcad32.exe.
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>Look in the list of drivers.
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>We have had problems using the default driver often installed on servers (SQL Server -- dates back to SQL 2000). We have had no problems (because we map field types in the remote views) using the newer drivers.
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>hth,
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>Hank

Okay, thanks for this guidance... Here's what I've learned about my setup. (Also, see attached screenshot if needed.)

On my Windows 8.1 Professional, 64-bit developer machine, I have VFP 9 fully patched up, and I am running Sql Server Express 2012. I am developing my VFP/Sql Server app on this development machine, but will be running against Sql Server Express 2014 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64-bit box very soon, so it might be smart for me to learn a little bit more about this before we go live.

I have the following drivers installed on my local dev machine:

It shows 2 "Sql Server" entries on the "Drivers" tab.

"Sql Server" version 6.03.9600.17415 file: SQLSRVR32.DLL date:10/28/2014

"Sql Server Native Client 11.0" version 2011.110.3000.00 file: SQLNCL11.DLL date: 10/20/2012


So, next I looked to see what connection string I am using in my VFP app to connect to the Sql Server.

    lcConnectionString = "driver={sql server}; server=MSPC5\SQLEXPRESS; database=lmdb7; uid=XXXXX; pwd=XXXXX"

So, it appears that I'm using version 6.03 driver, right?

Then I changed my connection string to use "Sql Server Native Client 11.0", and the app appears to run without issue so far.

    lcConnectionString = "driver={Sql Server Native Client 11.0}; server=MSPC5\SQLEXPRESS; database=lmdb7; uid=XXXXX; pwd=XXXXX"

So, I still am very curious to understand from whence each of these 2 drivers were installed on my machine. I do not specifically recall installing either one of them, so I assume they got installed either with the OS or when I installed some other software, like perhaps Sql Server Express 2012.

Regardless, I'd love to know some specific details of what advantages (or problems) I might have based on which one I am using. Heck, from ver 6 to ver 11 sounds like a lot just based on the numbers, but surely there must be some info "out there" somewhere to guide me on which one I should be using.

I assume that each client machine will need to have the specified odbc driver installed on their machine, right? So, I better run around to all of the 7 machines in our office that will be running this app, and see what they each have in common.