>>Continuing my quest to learn the more intricate aspects of VFP (5.0 variety)...
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>>Does anyone know of any reference document which might (more) clearly outline the differences of capabilities between database-resident tables and FREE tables???
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>>It is reasonably clear to me that things like field/row validation, triggers (including R/I) are NOT available to free tables.
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>That is the only thing you'll lose.

Don't forget the long field names with DBC tables...I've gotten addicted to them by now...