Thanks Cetin, u have been a great help <s>...

>>Hi all,
>>
>>I'm trying to connect to the MDB using the example in the help for lcDSNLess connection. What is wrong with the codes below? I always get -1 for the connection handle.
>>
>>lcconstr="driver=Microsoft Access;pwd=1975;database=attend.mdb"
>>lnConnHandle=sqlstringconnect(lcconstr)
>>?lnconnhandle
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>Farouk,
>Check faq#8039
>Cetin