>>What are you trying to tell me ? Just to make an example, suppose that I have a server on which the database will need to be located, and five clients that will need to access the data. Are you trying to tell me that I should map the server drive through the network and then access the database as if it was local ?
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>Yes, of course, and everyone here will tell you the same thing.

So, you suggest to use remote views only with high-end back-ends like SQL Server and Oracle, right ?
But suppose that I won't have the opportunity to work on remote VFP tables but only through ODBC. What should I do to lock the remote table ?