LOL... seems it disappears only in Win98. In Win2k it goes like this: C:\>d: D:\>python23\python d:\python23\socket6.py D:\>
> C:\> d: > D:\> cd \python23 > D:\> python d:\python23\socket6.py > out.txt 2> err.txt > Does anything appear in d:\python23\out.txt or d:\python23\err.txt? NOTHING APPEARED IN THEM. > n00m, can you post the vbs? Set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") cn.Open _ "Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=192.168.0.3,1434;" & _ "Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=pubs;" & _ "User ID=qwe;Password=asdasd;" cn.Execute "select top 1 * from authors;" cn.Close Set cn = Nothing -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list