Hiya JimN

Not at all! I'm just saying that if it's a choice of VFP being a niche product because of the DBF, hell, kill the DBF. I'd really like to get rid of all the little cavaets we run into to get VFP to work and play well with others and emerging standards. IMHO, VFPCOM is a good start....we need more functionality like that.

Can you imagine how good it would be for you as a developer if you could work with ADO recordsets with *greater* ease than VB developers? Especialy in n-tier environments?


>So, John, you're ready to write off the famous VFP **SPEED** ???
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>That truly does surprise me.
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>Frankly I am more sick of MS excluding VFP from new things on the basis that it is "ISAM". A poor excuse if I ever heard one.
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>>The FoxPro bit could be referring only to the DBF structures. Frankly, with a little bit better support for newer database technologies, I could care less if they de-emphasized DBFs.
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>>>According to an article in the May 17 issue of Infoworld, Microsoft is planning to replace the jet database engine with a new product that integrates with SQL Server and the Office 2000 products. Microsoft's strategy is to improve the technical relationship between SQL Server and its desktop database applications.
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>>>This is a direct quote from the article:
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>>>"This is part of the overall move to better push SQL server data to the desktop--and [it is] using Office to do it. It is the first step in getting rid of Jet now in Access and the Microsoft FoxPro technologies," said one corporate user familiar with the company's plans, who requested anonymity.
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>>>Although the source sounds suspicious, it is not surprising that Microsoft would take this direction. Given Microsoft's statement about its commitment to Foxpro, perhaps the company should have to answer some very hard questions at DEVCON?
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>>>I hate to re-create this ugly thread, but we need to address this issue. When articles like this appear in papers like Infoworld, IT decision makers will automatically rule out VFP as a serious development tool.
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>>>Regards,
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>>>Jim Weil