First off, to say the word pure is improper... What is/is not pure is open to debate..

However, when it comes to overall support, at least access has an OLE-DB Provider, has auto-incrementing key support, better integration with SQL Server.

Now, if we bring MSDE/SQL Server into the picture, we can still use Access as a front end. Then we have stored proc support, etc... The path from file-based to server-based data storage is far more seamless with Access than Fox...


>>As a pure database engine, Access has many more capabilities than Fox.
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>Such as? Genuinely curious here, as I've never gotten far enough into Access to have a real opinion....