>well, it is not exactly "one step" - i.e. it is not just conversion of SQL syntax - for example you sometimes have to translate variable types (esp. when talking about parameters) etc.
>But it is much simpler than converting an application that was written with direct table manipulation
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>Arnon
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>>I've that if you use views exclusively that you are just one step close to allowing for remove data access through a sequel server for example.

I'm grimacing at my spelling errors. It must be this funky keyboard. Yeah that's it. Ok. But if you are using views to represent entire tables don't you suffer a big performance penalty.

Dan