>This thread is most instructive. Where do you put your field-level validationand/or field-level security using this approach (and VFP 5.0)?

Mark,

Taht depends on exactly what you mean by field level validation. If you are referring to domain constraints it si done by the backend database server, if you eman business rules then it is done by the bizobj, and if you mean assistive validation it is done by the front end.

The same answer for security, if the security is for the application then it belongs in the front end, if it is database security then it belongs in the back end.