>>Thanks everyone for chiming in..
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>>Just to clarify, this is an application which has (and continues to) run successfully for 15 years (originally created in VFP5 - running in VFP 9 since 2005)..Runs 24/7..System has never lost a single record of Data or been down once in that time...Some business rules have changed and components will be added and deleted..System basically Maintains Data, does a lot of Querying & has a bit of Reporting involved..Basic stuff that VFP does great..Management's main concern is what happens if a problem arises with the Core that Microsoft won't fix..
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>The car manufacturer I've mentioned runs two shifts per day. They shoot for an 8-hr shift, 5 days per week, but it typically runs closer to 10 hrs 5 days per week. And during times of increased productivity after new model releases and the like, the two shifts will often run back-to-back 6-days a week, and they have run 7-days a week.
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>The VFP9 software is used on those terminals during all of the shifts. There are systems which run on data received from the broadcast center (telling them which cars to make), which schedules every production line through a complex sequencing process (for stuff to be loaded on the trucks in the right order for arrival at the final assembly plant where they have to match up with final assembly's production line schedule. Then each terminal has variations of query, record notes, defects, scanners, print labels, etc., information.
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>It is a full real-time production system. They use IBM DB2 as a back-end with about 100 queries, and 100 updates per second on average during full production.
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>It never misses a beat.

Thanks Rick for the info..

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>Hope this helps.