>>Or the VFP/Oracle combo. I use VFP to develop front-ends to Oracle DBs. Works great,less filling. :]
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>So you connect to the oracle backend via ODBC or something? I hear there's a performance hit you take with ODBC. Have you seen a sql forms front end app?
>These are what I was saying were user unfriendly. To execute a query, you must fill in one of the fields and then hit 'F8' then scroll thru the records one at a time. I've seen this M.O. several times. Foxpro seems much better for front ends.

I use parameterized views and SPT via ODBC. Since my data retrieval is limited to what the user needs at the time, I see no performance problems. Usually I have a mix of Oracle and VFP tables.