Actually it's 10Gig by now. http://www.microsoft.com/express/database/

>That's ok Gary.
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>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
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>>>>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.
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>>Thans Mathias.
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>>Gary.