>If i am fetching data through ODBC from any Back-End including VFP itself, if date field in Back-End table is null or blank , then it should return the cursor having date field blank but it returns with date as 30/12/1899 which is absurd.
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>Kindly help me.
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>Regards,
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>Dilip.

Is that a date coming from an Access database? Most probably yes. You would get the same "empty" date value if you try to pass an uninitialized date var from a VB/VBA app to a VFP app.

It's just another annoyance that you have to deal with when trying to build a generic data access tool.