Dmitry,

>It looks like Alex Feldstein's procedure XMLUpdateGramParse() could be applied (with some modifications) to process XML created with XMLUPDATEGRAM(). But I am surprised as to why VFPT does not have something native in VFP to deal with it? That is, what was the purpose of creating the XMLUPDATEGRAM()? I am not complaining to you, just sharing my frustration <g>.

You might want to avoid XMLUPDATEGRAM() completely and use XMLAdapter on both sides. Use XMLAdapter.AddTableSchema() to point the adapter to your view cursor, set XMLAdapter.IsDiffGram = .T., then call XMLAdapter.ToXML to create the diffgram.

You could then use XMLAdapter.ApplyDiffGram on the other end. I have not tested the above scenario, but it's where I would look if I were in your shoes.

As for why there is not a way built into VFP to apply XMLUPDATEGRAM, I'm guessing that they focused their energies on the more recent DiffGram technology instead of finishing the job they started a long time ago with XMLUPDATEGRAM.