>Sorry folks - I think I have the problem - I have been at this for two days solid and I need a break!!! I was jumping to conclusions - will buy everyone a drink at christmas to make up for it!!!


I prototype sql statements in a product from BI called BIQuery for our mainframe. Some of the statements are very long. I copy them from that package and paste them into a memo field and access that from VFP to make the sqlexec(). Works for me.