For ODBC theren't are empty dates so what you are seeing is the lowest date allowed by ODBC you should use nulls instead of empty dates.

>VFP BACKEND (VFP ODBC)
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>I have a remote view connect to VFP BACKEND by VFP ODBC.
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>When I download the data, if the source data date field is empty, the remote view will return funny date eg.30/12/1899.
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>Please help.
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>It is a good pratice to use VFP BACKEND (remote view by VFP ODBC)?
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>TIA.