Hi Neil,

thanks again for your time. Take a look:

I went trough it

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I found the 65sp5, I've already had, and several others
from 65sp2 --> 65sp4.

The client odbc drivers -MDAC 2.1- which comes with sp5a
is actually the first release of its kind. So there is a
way to install it separately from the whole Service pack.
There is a runtime file provided for it. I have already
done this, when I was trying to get back to the old odbc
versions. "unfortunataley" its libraries already came
working at 32-bits.

It seems to me that to install the 16 bits odbc -client
side- I need one of the not longer supported MS SQL Server
versions. Looking at the sp2 --> sp4 I download from the
ftp source, I should applied them on the Server -the
setup.inf tells that, thoug I tried --> I failed. So the
files related to the client-side -such as odbc libraries-
have to be overwrite on the client. But I don't have the
old client installed.

Ummm, just wondering who I'm going to get one of these
unsopported things! Even when the company has its MS sql
Server 7.0 licensed on a Back office package it doesn't
look an easy way to go trough.

So far, baying a PowerBuilder license -Professional or
enterprise- for more than U$10,000 doesn't look fear when
all you need is to compile an application that is already
working.

So I will start a champaing for the well done yesterday's
16-bits applications that need a today's database.
Just kiding!

I really appreciate your advices my friend and if there is
more I will go for it. I am learning more than I thougt
and that's really great.

thanks

fabianc.

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