Hiya Michelle ---

>Self promoter, I'm not. I'm very introverted and get giggly and nervous. To be honest, when I'm nervous I come off as a real bubble-head. I guess getting a partner is more than a good idea; it's a necessity.
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But I've seen how bull-headed you are when you tackle an issue :-) And thats a good quality. Apply that to your self-confidence.

>I know what OOP is. RDBMS I don't. Codd, is that the normal form guy? I've been thinking about learning VB even though I really don't want to program in it. Since all the Map Objects examples are in VB, I've been learning to translate VB to VFP. What are "enterprise development concepts"?
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Relational Database Management Systems=RDBMS. Codd is the normalization guy, yes. VBA is a required learn to do any Automation stuff with Office. Enterprise development = know how an app should be tiered, scale issues, LAN/WAN issues. Server database design...etc.