That was it...a permissions issue to the DB2 directory. Thank you soooo much.

OS & sql server in both QA and prod are 64 bit.

Thanks for all the replies...very helpful.

actually, he wants to exectue log parser 2.2 (separate app)...here is a desc:

He's taking the info and importing it into his app...thus..he want to leave the code for the app...

sorry for the double post (here & General forum)...trying to delete here....

thanks in advance. 🙂