>First,
>Thanks for yout prompt reply.
>That is what I thought too, and I did that and then placed the database on the client's server.
>I too the additional steps of installing the VFP runtime and OBDC distributable drivers as well.
>But the client complains that they cannot access (retrieve) the database. They are using an application called "JDBC"
>which is a java based SQL app that comes with the MattLab Database Toolbox. It is supposed to work with
>'any' sql enabled db.
>
They're probably pointed at the wrong underlying ODBC driver; the have to point at the VFP ODBC driver Visual FoxPro Database, as distributed with the MDAC. Have them reconfigure their DSN to use the right driver.