Hi Gene ---

>There really isn't any reason (from what I can see) to use
>ADO from VFP since VFP form objects can't bind to the ADO
>object model. Using VFP remote views\SQL PassThrough is
>much more productive.

IMHO you are right for single-tier and two-tier solutions. But the ADO recordset is fast becoming a standard in n-tier development where independent objects are passing off datasets (yes, I know, recordsets) to one another.