I'm not really sure where the verb "to blue-sky" comes from. It means to design in the broadest terms - to let the imagination run wild and conceptualize without getting bogged down in the details of implementation.
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>>Thanks, that really does help in the shift of mind-set. I am struggling right now with the value of using MSDE - even for small apps that right now I would tend to use VFP tables if it weren't for questions of scalability. I am also in the process of blue-skying a couple of verticals and with those there is no doubt we need the option of a SQL SErver backend without having to write two separate applications.
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>>Your approach has helped clarify my thinking a lot, and now I can approach the setup process is a way that will probably yield some results. I'l sure I'll be back with questions as it goes along.
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Charles Hankey
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