You may use DSN-less connection. See for example: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b207595

>I want to access SQL Server data on a webserver from a local VFP app. Can we connect to the SQL Server database without having a local ODBC connection setup to the database? In other words, we want to create the connection in the code rather than having each user create a local DSN?
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>Thanks,
>Doug