Could some one please explain why it is better to use VFP as a front end to a database like Oracle etc using remove views and ODBC etc as opposed to just using VFP databases/tables. Also if you have a VFP table on the server, what are the performance problems with accessing it the old fashion USE table way and then doing select sql's as opposed to setting up views. I'm wondering if it is worth the effort to convert my whole app to this type of data sharing.

TIA