>>BINGO! I was using the Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle. BUG!!!!!!!!! I changed to the Oracle driver, and it's a miracle! Thanks for the help.
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>Check out the following:
>MSKB#Q174679
>MSKB#Q174981
>MSKB#Q176086
>MSKB#Q239771 - VFP specific (ADO)
>MSKB#Q221189 - VFP specific (SPT)
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>It seems that the MS ODBC driver version is far more complex than the Oracle driver version.

Man what a mess that is. Since this is SPT, creating a connection using the Oracle drivers is way more simple than creating a package and SQL command that can be executed successfully using the MS drivers.