Yes, it is documented, i didn't say it was a bug. The fact remains, it's a compatibility issue.

>Hi Stephane,
>
>It's VFP limitation documented under Visual FoxPro System Capacities in help:

>Minimum value of an integer -2,147,483,647
>Maximum value of an integer  2,147,483,647

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>>There is a compatibility issue with VFP and SQL Server.
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>>An Integer max and min values in VFP is from -2,147,483,647 through 2,147,483,647
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>>And in SQL Server from -2,147,483,648 through 2,147,483,647
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>>This can cause a problem when storing a value of -2,147,483,648 in SQL Server and attempting to use it in VFP.
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>>This compatibility issue was present in VFP8 and is still there in VFP9 Beta.