>Everything you describe here could be done already... You may have to write your own metadata layer, but I feel certain you could do it...
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>What do you think most people want?
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>1. Improve the X-base'ness of the product
>2. Improve the integration with ADO/OLE-DB, SQL-Server, etc....
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>My guess is that most folks would vote for #2...
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>Jim Booth's observation is particularly good. In what you are advocating here, you would be making the migration to SQL-Server, Oracle, etc that much more difficult.
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>As far as the conclusions you have reached regarding SQL in general, you know my stance on that....<s>....
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Count me in for #2.