>Hi!
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>I am developing Client/Server-applications with VFP5 and MS SQL Server 6.5 and just wondered if there is a possibility to do that without having to accept the slowing down caused by ODBC.
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>I am looking for a third party tool/driver/extension or - if against my knowledge available - the mentioned from MS. The VBSQL DB-Library API is not an option to me unless there really is no other possibility.
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>Thanks in advance for your replies!

What you can do is create a connection at the startup of your application and use this connection handle throughout your application.
Don't forget to set all your remote views as 'SHARE CONNECTION'
Hope this will help.