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Author  Topic  cherry Starting Member 6 Posts Posted - 2004-11-09 : 10:11:52 Hi, it's me again. I got another problem: I'm working with two different databases - a SQL Server and a crappy dBase Database (ACT! 6.0, in the case anybody is interested..). What I would like to do now is Update certain columns of certain rows dynamically in the dBase database from within the SQL Server (because the data to update the dBase Database is within the SQL Server). It should be some sort of Sync procedure between the two databases. It should, for example, be something like this UPDATE dBaseTable SET field = 'value' WHERE dBaseTable.id IN (SELECT id FROM SQLServer.table) This is for example only a very simple example - more complex Updates are possible. What I can do is create some nasty ODBC connection to the database and perform some data exports via DTS but thats all I was able to do. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance