Craig,

>John is right on here. Updating with record sets is easy, but not the best way to do things. To put things in a Fox perspective, think of the difference between remote views and SQL Pass Through. Now you get the idea between updating with a RS or using the Command object.

More control of the details and better scalability under load. Any others?

>For the record, I have read from many sources that you will get much better control and scalability if you don't update from an RS. You need to call a Stored Procedure via the Command object.

I understand the point, but are those people who do the work also saying that there is a reliability problem? Is it just for heavily-loaded systems?