Mike,

these commands work fine in SQL Query Analyzer for me:

create table #test1 ( m1 text )
insert into #test1 values ( 'this -- is a test' )
select * from #test1

they will the same in SPT from VFP.

You need to worry more about any ' characters that appear in your memo, they should be converted to two 's. ala:

sqlexec( ... ['] + strtran( TheMemo, ['], [''] ) + ['] ...

>Transferring some records from VFP to SQL 2000, using SQL pass through. The record contains a memo field with customer service notes. Some of the notes contain ‘---‘ and carriage returns and line feeds. How can I transfer this using SQL pass through?