>>I tried o=createobject( "ADODB.Recordset" ) in the VFP command window and got the message "Class definition not found."
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>>What do I need to install to be able to create an ADO recordset? TIA.
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>Are you sure you have ADO installed? You can get it at http://www.microsoft.com/data/mdac15.htm. Click the "
>Register and Download Updated MDAC 1.5 (January 7, 1998)" link. Not only will you get ADO but you also get the latest ODBC drivers for SQLServer.
>
>HTH

that did the trick. thanks.