That's ok Gary.

Somewhere in the back of your mind, you probably want to bear in mind that sql server express has a similar 2Gig-ish size limit as FoxPro though it stays far more robust and stable

>>>If you neatly isolate the data plumbing (updates, retrievals, inserts, deletes) have them in a business layer (neat and tidy), get the >>system to work as at now, then switching the data source would be much simplified. 95% of your code is really the same so you'd >>be be building the 2 apps from the same source code. Switch the data source at the application level.
>
>Thans Mathias.
>
>Gary.