>One problem I have with ADO is the inflexibilty associated with DataMunging legacy data from various sources (e.g. COBOL systems). Sure, I could continue to create temp cursors after parsing all the bizarre files and record formats and then update ADO recordsets from the cursors thus mixing VFP cursor technolgy with ADO, but why? In fact, this is the reason that I've stayed away from VB - no way can VB compete with VFP on this stuff.

Jeff;

That's where Data Transformation Services in SQL Server can really help, or if you buy into the latest Microsoft hype, BizTalk Server.