>Hi Hans,
>
>As far as CA are concearned I am novice just like you :)
>I hv read entire (drammatic!) thread that Naomi sent you, and almost got
>afraid to go CA way as I was planning for upcoming CS project.
>I don't know if things discussed/discovered there got fixed since 2003.
>
>Just purchased VFP9, so I was planning to explore new ways
>doing it other then 'classic' RV/ODBC scenario.
>
>But unless I hear some positive story about CA, I think I am gonna stick with RV's. <g>
>
>Good Luck


WOW!!!!!
Since VFP8 where CAs are introduced I NEVER ever used anything else.
I don't have ANY remote or Local views anymore everything is CAs. So powerful and easy to manipulate. Great builders (especially Mark's one) and so easy to switch Backend Databases.
Now we develop version that should run with NATIVE, SQL Server or any other Database as backend and all is in our CA base class logic. Great! Only thing is to read from somewhere WHAT Database you should use, nothing else.

Other benefit of the CAs is that they could use not only ODBC but ADO (OLEDB) Did you try to build a RV against VFP9 database (I know that this question is a little stupid, Why I should use RV against NATIVE database?)? But maybe there is some other Databases that have no current ODBC driver.

BTW You could ask Venelina to share her GREAT white paper for CAs :-)