>>>>>What other product, other than VFP, is able to do all three tiers?
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>>>>VB, VC, Delphi....to name 3
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>>>None of these can be the data store, but they could be part of the data services tier.
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>>That said, these products can build all three tiers, right????
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>Agreed.

I'm sorry, I must have missed something....

What database can VB and VC build that's truly useful as a database layer???

"All 3 tiers" means 3 tiers only. Data Services would go between the Business tier and the Database - or does Database not count as a tier????