>> But I also use vfp for most of my "personal scripting" from "forensic bookkeeping analysis" to directory reshuffling.
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Yes. That's handy.
.NET has no equivalent.
I use mostly use SSMS/EXCEL or SSRS for that but still occasionally fall back on some VFP routines that use SQL passthrough.
Anyone who does not go overboard- deserves to.
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