>>I thought the goal here was to compare data handling in both products in the same environment.
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>Well it's not just SQL - but that would be okay - but VFP has the pass through cursor and i think the other uses ADO. So VFP wins - if that assertion is correct - before the contest begins.

Based on what I have read, the premise that Rod has proposed is not about a contest to decide "who" wins. It is about how each product handles ALL facets of data handling in an objective manner. Ideally this would be in the most efficient and cleanly coded manner possible for each product. I think that information alone would be extremely valuable. I could give a rat's behind about trying to set criteria for determining a "winner" as long as "we" get objectively created projects that demonstrate these capabilities of both products.

After that, the best tool to handle the current job at hand from that point on would then be left up to each individual developer to decide for him/herself by evaluating both projects. "Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts."