Hi guys ---

>>>1) Using SQL Server as the data engine will perform 3 to 5 times faster than VFP and there's nothing you can do about it.
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>>Disagreed, because VFP-performance will be
>>a) specific to each workstation hardware
>>b) depends on interface arrangements. Assuming that you compare with SQL-server, i.e. just one/few records will be 'retrieved' by interface at a time, then SEEK() will be probably even faster.
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>But SEEK() in and of itself is totally not client/server.

Why is SEEK() not client/server? Client/server is simply a topology. If everything is remoter views and you index a remote view, SEEK away. Doesn't mean it's not client/server.