Hi Christof,

Someone recently opined that how could anyone be a hands-on expert in all areas of a product so deep as VFP since it's only been around for about 5 years. So how many full-blown large-scale apps can any one person really have been exposed to?

I've been doing intense work with Office 2000 lately and it's shown me how little I actually knew about some aspects of Office automation.

Of take the plethora of SQL7 books out there. When it comes to OLAP and DTS, how "expert" can any of the authors be? At most these guys have their hands on a product a year or so before we do and how much production environment stuff could they have done?

So, I guess I agree with you............

>>If you have never done C/S work or if you never worked with SQL-Server, how would you effectively do that job?
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>depends at whom the book is targetted. If it's an introduction to SQL-Server with VFP the TE should be able to run this code with little knowledge about SQL-Server and what has been written in the book. If it's a book for advanced developers, a more than basic understanding of SQL-Server in VFP is needed. This must not be experience gained thru practice, but he or she must know what the authors are talking about.
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>In general I'd say a technical editor must know more than the reader of a book/article, but must not be a world-class expert.
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>And this is not meant as a comment on Chaim, because I've no idea about his background or knowledge.
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>Christof