But I guess this still doesn't address the issue of why the explicit phrase works, but the lcSQL variable does not:

lcSQL = 'Select * from Person'

=SQLEXEC(lnConnectHandle, "Select * from Person", "tCursor") works

=SQLEXEC(lnConnectHandle, lcSQL, "tCursor") doesn't. Neither does &lcSQL, '&lcSQL', (lcSQL), or Eval(lcSQL)...