Thanks Hector, I do not think that we are that specific in our connection string. I will check it out tomorrow...

>What is the NETWORK parameter of your connection string?
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>Take a look at message ID 672443 for a description of what this parameter mean. I imagine DBNETLIB in the error message is related to that. I am not sure, though. I hope this helps.
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>>Every now and then we are getting the following error using VFP 7 and SQL Server 2000:
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>>Unable to connect to the database.  Error Number: 1526
>>Connectivity Error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionRead(recv())
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>>Anyone else experienced this or have a solution?