I am using VFP 6 as a front-end to a SQL Server 7 database in a new application, and I have been working with ADO objects for the data access mechanism. After exploring views and SQL Pass-through, these seem to be a bit easier to use for me.

I have created a set of my own data objects as wrappers for the ADO recordsets, and this allows me to do things like validation and business rules before actually changing table data. I haven't thought of a good way to deal with parent-child relationships in the user interface yet, however. I would like to be able to get an ADO recordset (as a child in a relation) into a grid, for example, bound to a parent key, much as SET RELATION works in regular VFP tables. As an alternative, there is a way to load ADO data into an array, which could be used to fill a list box or something. I was just wondering if I am missing anything obvious here. Like any way to bind a grid to something other than a cursor.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, or even a good single-source for ADO object documentation. I got a good head start with an MSDN article called 'ADO jumpstart for VFP developers'