>VB build a data form using ADO. While the performance of the form once data was loaded was comparable to VFP there was a considerable delay when the form was run as the query was executed.
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Did you pull 80,000 records across the wire with ADO?

>3. Where is the logic in MS promoting Access/VB/SQLS when VFP is clearly so superior in desktop and shared database applications?
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Go where the work and money is. If they think they was SQL, they are most likley prepared to pay a higher rate and have the project take longer. Of course, with VFP as a front end, that is not really true.

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