Robert,
You don't need views for buffering. Buffering works by setting =CursorSetProp('Buffering',nBufferMode,'ANYDBF'). You do need DBC's for BEGIN TRANSACTION, END TRANSACTION, and ROLLBACK. The transaction commands can wrap buffering commands to complete all transactions if all of the TABLEUPDATE succeed.

If your using DBC's just for buffering, it's not necessary.