Jack: I downloaded the Intersolv product, but was unable to get it to work because I do not have the BDE. I will give this a whirl tomorrow, thanks for this information.

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>>I am having a problem reading Paradox tables.
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>>Each time I go to read a Paradox table with VFP, I get the following error message: "Invalid Collating Sequence". I have tried to change these in the ODBC manager, but to no avail so far.
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>>Any suggestions ?
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>>TIA,
>>Mark
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>If the Paradox tables are level 7 or 8, the Microsoft ODBC driver will not work with them. I recently bought and strongly recommend Intersolv's DataDirect Connect ODBC. For about $110, you can buy a single workstation license to install the Paradox driver that will read from the latest version (8.0) to the oldest. I had some trouble initially, but Intersolv's customer service was extremely helpful. If you go this route, you will have to have the BDE (Borland Database Engine) installed (not provided by Intersolve but available for free download from www.inprise.com) with a path setting in the AUTOEXEC.BAT that includes the location of BDE install...
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>HTH,
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>Jack Mendenhall
>Reinsurance Management, Inc.
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>Delphi/VFP Development