lcSQL = 'Select * from Person'

Contents of laError:
[1,1] 1526
[1,2] [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Invalid object name 'Person'.
[1,3] [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Invalid object name 'Person'.
[1,4] S0002
[1,5] 208
[1,6] 13
[1,7] NULL

Sounds like my table name's not specified correctly. I've also tried person.dbf, dbo.person, dbo.peraon.dbf. I'm obviously not specifying the backend table name correctly. This is an upsized VFP database, and the original table in question is person.dbf, in case you hadn't guessed :-)