Just looking at the data in the Access table they are populating, the padded spaces are not causing any problems there. The PK is a numeric and a surrogate. My users can only retrieve and edit their own records, so there is no update conflicts by using Key Fields Only update option.


>How do you deal with VFP adding trailing spaces to the Access field values?
>
>>I use ODBC and remote views to MS Access tables. Works great.
>>
>>>I can do this much, which gets me a list of the tables in a chosen .MDB file stuck into the ACCTABLES cursor.
>>>My goal is to be able to add records to the customer table in the open database, but I guess my SQLEXEC function isn't the way to go about it...
>>>How far off am I?
>>>
>>>sh = SQLCONNECT() && Will ask me what I want to connect to
>>>retval = SQLSETPROP(sh, 'Asynchronous', .F.)
>>>retval = SQLTABLES(sh, "TABLE", "ACCTABLES")
>>>retval = SQLEXEC(sh, [INSERT INTO Customer (firstname, lastname) VALUES ("first_name", "last_name")] )
>>>
>>>retval = SQLEXEC(sh, "SELECT * FROM Customer", "custcopy")
>>>
>>>SELECT custcopy
>>>BROW && And it's still empty!
>>>
>>>What should I be doing?
>>>
>>>Thanx!