I agree. You should use SQL Server as it compares apples to apples.

>VFP and .NET Data Comparison
>OK here we go... First lets establish some base stuff.
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>What are the unique characteristics of each technologies data access methods ?
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>VFP
>Can open DBF files locally.
>Can access data via ODBC and OLEDB
>Data is maintained in global memory space
>Has a unique DML Syntax
> REPLACE ALL
> DELETE FOR
> UPDATE/INSERT
> SELECT
> SCAN FOR
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>.NET
>All data is considered remote data
>Can access data via ODBC, OLEDB and native .net data providers
>Data is maintained in memory via objects
>All data access is done via object/property syntax.
>Future tech LINQ has capabilities similar to the SELECT statement in VFP.
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>This is the start of my list. Contributions to the list would be appreciated…
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>I would like to focus our discussion on accessing data from SQL Server. Each platform does a good job of retrieving data from SQL. While the .DBF does have its benefits I think we should focus on how it behaves in a client/server/distributed world. Sound good?
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>Rodman