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In article <6tie6f$mmr7@forums.borland.com>, eryk@compuserve.com says...

Eryk,

I found it.  Thanks a lot.

> >I would appreciate receiving this file. Although I have Delphi 4 I have
> >not found a help file for SQL.
> 
> 
> Look for localsql.hlp in your BDE directory ...usually ..\Program
> Files\Borland\Common Files\BDE\localsql.hlp.
> 
While I have your ear.  I have been trying to connect to an Access file 
through the BDE.  The one likely looking candidate, when I go through the 
BDE Administrator, is an alias already partially set up named "MS Access 
97 Database".  I have added the path to my Access database and saved in 
the BDE Administrator.  Whether using Delphi 4 or Visual dBASE 7.0 I can 
add a Database object to a form and change its alias to "Ms Access 97 
Database".  In Delphi I then click on Connected and it wants me to input 
a database name.  I enter "pref" (the Access database is PREF.MDB).  Then 
set Connected to true.  In Visual dBASE 7.0 I click on Active and change 
it to true.

In either case, I get a dialog asking for User Name and Password.  At 
this point I don't know what to enter as a default and with both Delphi 4 
and Visual dBASE 7.0 I am stuck.

I also think the Alias I am using is an ODBC connection rather than the 
direct connection I thought I could obtain through the BDE.

Any help you can provide is appreciated.

Gerald