Hi tracy,

Well I did < g >. I've had many conversations with JVP regarding this subject and his standpoint was that you could anything with ADO.NET that you possibly would require. Hence the the statement. Now at least MS has admitted (the LINQ project) that it is missing a local database component.

Walter,

>Walter, Walter, Walter. I really cannot believe you made this statement.
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>SNIP
>>JVP really did not understand the value of the database engine. He simply had no clue what he was talking about. Time has proven he was wrong. Microsoft now is admitting the importance of deep data integration and why it needs to be in there, thanks to the VFP - team.