>However, given the level of web app you mentioned in an earlier post, I'm afraid you've missed some key steps in the recent evolutions.

Yes, I certainly did miss them.

One client told me that a PHP/MySQL app - it missed all of those key steps- was responsible for a 25% increase in sales and a 5% reduction in costs.

In 1983 I came across a "toy" called DBase II and gave up using tools such as ADABAS on main frames with a lot more "key steps" that cost orders of magnitudes more.

There are people walking around calling themselves "DBA's" because they take care of "key steps."
Many people still say that they're an indispensable ingredient to a SQL Server site.
I have SQL Server sites running almost 20 years. None has a DBA and things have been as smooth as silk.


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>Please do whatever you want with your opinions; on my side I've very often seen facts very different, and very often contrary to opinions and 'gut feelings'.
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Please don't construe the above as a criticism of your work or your product. Your kind of innovation makes this a great profession and from what I've seen here it can do wonders for people with large investments in VFP apps.

However, there are lots of ways to skin a cat.