I just received my Visual Studio 6.0 suite and am new to database programming. All the information is a bit overwhelming. Reading off the Visual Studio Library CD, I found out that VP can be used two different ways: front or back end. Front end method would utilize all the GUI features of VP while the back end method would concentrate on building a "sql standard data base" that could be hooked up to any GUI front end. Which end should I focus on first? Thanx. Joseph.