It is strange...

>VFP 6 (06.00.8961.00)
>MDAC - how can I determine version?

check ODBC manager version in Data Source (ODBC) control panel...

   MDAC version    ODBC manager 
   =============================
   ...
   MDAC 2.5 RTM    3.520.4403.2 
   MDAC 2.5 SP1    3.520.4403.2
   MDAC 2.6        3.520.6526.0
   MDAC 2.6 sp1    3.520.7326
   MDAC 2.7        3.520.7430
   MDAC 2.8        3.520.7713

Check "Connection pooling" if Enabled/Disable in ODBC manager for your ODBC driver.

>IdleTimeout - whatever the default value is -- I have not set this property to anything special
>
>Thanks,
>Doug

MartinJ