Thanks - I will have a look at those functions and yes I would really appreciate some examples if you could email them to me.

Much appreciated! Thanks

>The function used by fox to connect to a SQL server is either SQLCONNECT or SQLSTRINGCONNECT. You can read about them in VFP's documentation and help system. That'll get you started. I could ship you some examples if you're interested.
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>>Cheers Craig - do you know of any examples on the internet? My book budget is well dented this year already!