Thanks John,

I hav eactually looked at it, but this is more of an intellectual exercise than a practical one. I just really want to know how to do it. :)

>Frank,
>
>I recommend you take a look at www.xcase.com ... you can reverse engineer all your SQL Server, Oracle, VFP etc databases into it and when you make changes it creates a compliant script for whatever backend you choose to make necessary changes totally automatically.