>John,
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>I am writing a major system in c# and i am going to program through the beta of linq. As the 3.5 version of .net (linq stuff) is due out in 2/3 qtr of 2007 it is a risk I think is worth taking. Without linq I just don't see the benefits of .net (my opinion). With linq I (HOPE) that the data munging(sp..) will be available at the middle-tier so that SQL server doesn't choke on SP's gone wild :).... My product needs to be ready in 4th QTR but I can't see how to do it as easily as linq will make it.
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>Also LINQ doesn't provide?? a local data store like VFP so I am looking at avilable options ??
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No, LINQ doesn't provide a local data store. I'd probably look at something like VistaDB and/or whatever they're calling the "light" version of SQL Server these days (SQL Everywhere or Anywhere?).