>>>>Check this sample (SQL 2000)
>>>>http://beyondrelational.com/justlearned/posts/628/recursive-bom-implementation-for-older-version-of-sql-server.aspx
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>>>Thanks Naomi, but this is a VFP database.
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>>I believe the code will be very much the same, even simpler in VFP.
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>OK, I'll see if I can understand all that TSQL stuff.

It won't seem radically different to you. For its last several releases VFP moved increasingly closer to the ANSI SQL standard. (Which is not really a standard at all, but pretty close to one with some vendor differences). IMO it will only enhance your skill set to learn T-SQL. There are some good books (I like Robert Vieira's) and some good online learning resources. PluralSight.com has some great stuff on a wide variety of languages and technologies for about $30 a month, with the first month or two free. I also subscribe to TekPub for $19 a month. The two of them together cost me less than one hour of billable time. My MSDN subscription works out to about $30 a month. As a professional developer who wants to stay at least somewhat current, these expenses are no-brainers to me.