>Hi. I guess you can say I'm taking a survey. I would like to hear from those of you who are actively using XML, especially where VFP is involved. What are you doing with it? Why is it better for your situation than any alternatives, especially ADO?
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>I know that's a very broad question. You can start with general answers, if you like, and maybe we'll get more specific later. Thanks.

I used xml as one of main design focuses to create an Intranet site at my previous position. I had several backend data sources that I queried (SQL 7, FP, VFP) for historical data and knowledgebase data with a multithreaded VFP .dll running in MTS. I then used a function to create an xml data island and an html table definition and returned it all to an asp page.

The solution was simple, elegant, and very fast... since I did not have to requery the data sources constantly - all the data was downloaded to the users machine and they could page through the data locally.

The only catch was that we had to use Internet Explorer - but it was an intranet site so we could mandate it's use.

I have an example of the data island bound to a table on my site if you are interested... if you look at the example, view the source to see the underlying xml.

http://www.waynemyers.com - look under the code section.