>Ed,
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>>The -1 from SQLExec() indicates a problem with the SQL Server connection, not the command passed by the SQLExec()
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>It can indicate that there are errors in the SQL statement that you sent to the backend.

Just goiving the party line, David - that's the skinny in the latest version of the VFP docs, and if the SQL statement otherwise looks OK, and doesn't report back via aerror(), it's that much more likely...