>Cetin:
>
>Here is what you do:
>
>(1) create DSN in ODBC setup to VFP Database
>(2) create an msdatashape provider by right clicking desktop, file new MS Data Link, under connection tab add DSN to 'Data Source'. Test Connection.
>
>oConn=createobject('adodb.connection')
>oRs =createobject('adodb.recordset')
>oConn.provider = 'msdatashape'
>oConn.open('igcms')
>shape = "shape {select * from cases order by caseno} " + ;
>"append ({select * from people} relate pk_cases to fk_cases) as people"
>oRs.open(shape, oConn)
>
>The cases table is related to the people table on pk_cases = fk_cases
>
>* get case fields
>?oRs.fields('some_field_from_cases_table').value
>
>* get matching people fields
>x=oRs.fields('people').value
>?x.fields('some_field_from_people_table').value
>
>I just tried it for the first time and it worked.
>
>Charlie

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Hi Charlie,
Very much thanks for replying. I was trying to do it w/o a need to create a .UDL or something else at control panel and suceeded at last :)
What I was doing wrong was the parentheses in shape command. Oh my God, using 1280*1024 resolution I always got it as () but it was {} like in date datatype.
Error message is "Data shape command has syntax error at or near ...".
Cetin