>>This is buffering, just not VFP's built in buffering. You are letting the user work on a copy of the data that is not the actual table, so it is buffered. This is how a lot of C/S apps work- any that use SQLPT for data retrieval are doing the same thing that you are.
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>In part, this was what I was going for: functionality comparable to C/S apps or apps that use SQLPT.
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>Thanks.

Dennis,

What does remote data access have to do with buffering? Buffering is a function that allows ease of managing user interfaces and the saving or rejecting of user changes to data in the UI. Data access is a totally different thing.

Buffering does not preclude or dictate how you access the data or where the data comes from. It affects the UI componenets and how they manage the user changes to the data in the UI.

The question "Buffering or SQLPT" is similar to "Car or Telephone". Thes two things are not mutually exclusive or inclusive in any way. They serve different purposes and provide different benefits.