Matt,

CursorAdapters do *NOT* require a DBC -- eliminating that requirement was one reason for their creation. They're basically intended to replace remote views, which *do* require a DBC.

As it turns out, they're also a great way to create back-end independent business processes.

Evan

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>>>A fairly straightforward approach is to use SQL pass-through to retrieve records from the server into VFP cursors. They can even be given the same names as your old DBF aliases to minimize code changes. You can then perform record based operations like SKIP on the cursors. If your forms are doing updates, you will have to recode those routines to send UPDATE commands to the server. It's not too bad.
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>>>If you use SPT rather than remote views, you won't need the DBC after you have upsized.
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>>Why not use CursorAdapter? I think it would be even less changes and using CursorAdapter it is supposed to be easy to switch back-ends.
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>Does a CursorAdapter require a DBC?