>>Jay,
>>I have VFP5,6,7,8,9 installed + .Net 2.0,3.0. Work with pure VFP, half VFP half .Net, pure .Net applications some of which share the same VFP data and no problems so far.
>>PS: However if that application is small and you'd take the conversion step then I suggest taking the conversion step to SQLserver too (express is for free, remember).
>
>Or, VistaDb. It is very reasonable and does not require a server version. www.vistadb.net
>Tim

Or mySQL. It's free. ;-)