>Why should the following string
>
>"ÈÉÊÇçèéêàáâÀÁÙÚÛùúûÍÎìíîÒÓÔóô"
>
>which is in a SQLServer table,
>
>appear in my VFP remote view as
>
>"++-¦tFTOaßG+-++¦··v-+8fe-++=("
>
>Then SQLServer is updated with the bad data on a TABLEUPDATE.
>
>I have no CODEPAGE= settings in my CONFIG.SYS
>
>CPCURRENT() and CPCURRENT(1)
> both return 1252
>and CPCURRENT(2) returns 437
>
>any hints will be welcome, thanks

When you create a SQL Server database you assign a code page to it. I'd suggest you contact the SQL Server database administrator, ask him what the database code page is and syncronyze VFP via de .FPW file.

Hope it helps