>>No. I suggest continuing to learn VFP and also beginning to get acquainted with others, too, such as JavaScript (for web work) and C# for .NET development. It really just takes reading a couple of articles each week with sample code to begin to get the big picture and become comfortable around the other languages.
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>Hi David,
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>Well, I think I will stick with VFP and begin learning the .Net technology as well. As you said, one key is the overall skills that I obtain from learning good analysis and design techniques. VFP will definitely making me a better programmer in the long run. Something which I can apply across other languages.
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>One thing that you mentioned is adding SQL server to my bag of skills. I would love to do that, but I don't think that my current PC configuration can handle it. Actually, I don't think that my budget can handle it either. I've heard that MSDE pretty much duplicates the functionality of SQL server in a limited form. Would MSDE be helpful in learning SQL server? I ask this because I recently had to turn down some work that involved using MS Access for a front end to SQL server. I just didn't feel comfortable working with SQL server, since I've not been able to play around with it on my own.
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>Dave

Dave,

You don't need the full SQL server to start playing with it. Check out MSDE. It's got everything SQL Server has without the overhead!