>i have installed sqlserver 2000 and vfp8. but when i want to upsize to sqlserver it fails at step 3. why is it a problem of odbc or what ?

What occurs at step 3 and what's the error? Back in 6.0, the backend had to be set at a 65 compatibility level in order for the Upsizing Wizard to work. I would think that they would've resolved that by now, but...