I think you should go with the CursorAdapter.

However, we want to clarify something - does CursorAdapter lock the tables during select? I believe it should not, but we're getting some strange File in use errors involving cursor adapter quite often.

>We are developing a project using DBF tables, that in a (not so distant) future, could use a mySql backend.
>So we are trying to study a user interface that could be easily adapted to this hypothetical scenario.
>
>At present, the majority of our table maintanance forms present a pageframe in which:
>- the first page contains a grid with the (parent) records of the table.
>- the others pages contain the record detail and the child records.
>
>Could you tell me about your experiences with this aspect?
>Any suggestion or example to see?
>
>Thank you.