>is there any other option aside from upgrading to SQL Server or Oracle?
Another could be to create a component (ActiveX DLL or EXE) that would be place on the server and access with DCOM.
This could help a little but not like upgrading to a real database engine.
Éric Moreau, MCPD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
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Moer inc.
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