>>Back again. I forgot to ask for your thoughts on creating local views. Unfortunately the books I have don't have much info on creating them even though they appear to be a valuable tool in VFP.
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>>What's your opinion about the best way of creating local views... hard coded SQL statements (and where do you create/store them?) or using VFP's View Designer?
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>>Also, any ideas where I can find more info on creating "complex" views here on the 'net?
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>>MTIA,
>>Mandy
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>IMHO Mandy,
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>For simple views use the View Designer. For more complex views, use CREATE VIEW... where you attach your (pretested, I hope) SQL code.
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>I use ad hoc SQL statements for things like populating combo boxes from AllCodes, and views where the same complex SQL-Select is used repeatedly (usually parameterized). It's a judgment call, and others may feel differently.
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>For example, Visual MaxFrame suggests views for ALL data entry, using tables ONLY for lookups.
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>Barbara

visual maxframe isn't drew speedie's framework, is it?