>>>Maybe access too? All three, and then position VFP in the middle.
>>You must be joking.
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>No, must misunderstand me :-) And I see how it was easy to do. I didn't mean middle "tier." I mean have a package with all three data bases. All three are a bit different and have different strengths. VFP could be positioned as the Medium to industrial strength while SQL would be suggested for Industrial to Mission Critical or somethign along those lines. Access would simply continue to be the butt of our jokes.

OK, that explains it better. One of the main problems with having a package with three databases is that with SQL Server you do not have a screen designer or front end. Of course, I think VFP makes a great front end to SQL Server so that you have a database engine on the client and the server.

I also think that there are many VFP developers who would say that VFP can handle Mission Critical applications very nicely.

I don't see MSFT putting together such a package. Who knows, it might happen someday.