Walter,

>I've got fundamental issues with using stored procs (e.g. not cross platform, database depended, so not flexible). I'd rather use SPT for the things I'm doing.<

OK, well, you're talking about VFP and remote views ... I'm talking about .NET and disconnected DataSets ... probably apples and oranges, wouldn't you agree?

Using StoredProcs does not make the application database dependent as long as you separate your DataAccess layer completely from the Biz layer (and, of course, the UI). Different database? You simply have a different DataAccess class. It doesn't matter because you are passing back the exact same DataSet (typed or not, that really doesn't matter) from both DataAccess classes.

>It seems that in .NET I'll have to deal with two different dataacess methodologies, typed and untyped datasets.<

Sorry, Walter ... this is simply because you haven't really used .NET and don't understand the methodologies thoroughly ... either that or I'm misunderstanding your statement. DataSets have nothing to do with DataAccess. They are simply a way of representing data. DataSets are totally "disconnected" from the back-end data.

~~Bonnie