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Q152779: PRB: ODBC Driver "unrecognized phrase/keyword" Error

Article: Q152779
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbinterop
Last Modified: 10-MAR-2000

1.00

WINDOWS

kbinterop

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft ODBC Driver for Visual FoxPro, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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In Crystal Reports, selecting a Visual FoxPro table can result in the following
error:

  ODBC Visual FoxPro Driver Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword

Crystal Reports is unable to use Visual FoxPro database tables or free tables
with this version of the ODBC driver.


WORKAROUND
==========

Steps to Workaround Behavior
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1. Open the table in the Command window by using a command like this one:

  Use customer

2. Use the COPY command to copy the table to to c:\Temp\cust2x with a type of
  FOX2.

3. Create a new datasource for this table.

4. Use the new datasource to use the table in Crystal Reports.

STATUS
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Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Start Crystal Reports.

2. On the File menu, click New. Then click Report, and click OK.

3. In the Choose Database File dialog box, select SQL Table.

4. Select your Visual FoxPro Datasource from the "Log on to Server" dialog box.

5. Select a table, and click OK.

Additional query words: 1.00 vFoxWin

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbinterop 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbODBCSearch kbODBCVFP100
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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