>>>Hi Mike,
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>>>indeed. If you read the MSDN overview on the Entity Framework, it talks about solving the "impedance mismatch" (their term) between data and objects. And the MVC framework is yet another attempt at the same thing. Just as Linq was. Just as ADO.Net was. VFP has no impedance mismatch, of course.
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>>LinQ is nothing like VFP's select..... that was only against tables whereas linq can operate against many broader forms. I would also bet that the developers of LinQ never heard of foxpro.
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>I don't remember - did VFP3 support SQL syntax ?
>Maybe Beth was just thinking of BROWSE FOR or something ?

IIRC, I think SQL Syntax was in fpd 2.0... or 2.5