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>According to ken a majority of VFP developers use SQL (or some equivalent) as a back end database. So this would be a good comparison. .NET Does not have a local engine like fox so we would need to end the discussion right there if that is the comparison. I don't feel we need to discuss the benefits/costs of using DBF's vs SQL in this discussion. It is a technology discussion. Thoughts ?

You (or Ken) draw too much from a survey question that was along the lines of "Have you used VFP to manipulate data in SQL Server or some other backend dataqbase server?".
I answered yes, making me one of that percentage BUT that is a very rare occurrence compared to my use of "pure VFP". Very rare.

Maybe, since .NET can do OLEDB, you should use DBCs and DBFs for the .NET part.
Seems equitable to me since OLEDB is a 'native' access method for .NET.



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