>Maybe you're not aware that the VFP elite is mainly american, and therefore the american culture is emphasized here. And that's not what everybody likes to see here.

I would submit that the ratio of the American to non-American VFP 'elite' is probably the same the ratio of the American to non-American VFP developers. There are lots of acknowledged non-American VFP experts.

> (maybe a VFP developer should look outside the american box < g >)

Are you implying that best practices depend on your nationality?


>I know that my words don't mean much to the VFP elite (after all, I tend only to disagree with them), but i've seen too much nonsense spread over here. There are things that are historicly accepted which don't make sense at all (use of the DELETED() TAG, Forced use of generated PKs, check uniqueness with SQL or SEEK in stead of using Primary or candidate indexes, MVPs who are proven incorrect and reacting in insults or silence)

Walter, you have brought a few important valid points to light, and everybody appreciates that. But some of the things that you disagree with the 'experts' on amount to little more that differences of opinion. You get all upset one someone asserts a 'best practice' that you disagree with, even though you might be the only one carrying the battle flag for the opposition. Believe it or not, the majority might disagree with you because their experience has shown them differently, not because 'your words don't mean much to them', or because they are blindly following the 'elite'.

Every time someone asks about best PK practices I am going to tell them what I think is the best practice. If I am aware of a single voice that disagrees with my opinion, I don't find that sufficient cause to sufface my every post with "But Walter disagrees".