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>>The reasons to upsize:
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>>1. Your tables are going to exceed 2GB in size.
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>>2. You wish to utilize the SQL server security.
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>>3. Your employer has nothing else to do with the $$$ required for the licensing.
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>Licensing has changed with Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000. In a nutshell, if you connect to a Win2K server, you need a CAL. SQL Server 2000 is licensed on a per processor basis, which eliminates all the per seat licensing. While this will probably generate more revenue for MS, it makes tracking license usage alot easier.
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Yes it has. a very expensive and difficult to justify situation.


>>4. You desire to increase development costs via learning the new environment and syntax, and the increased maintainance of the database.
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>5. You need remote access to the data.

VFP does quite well in remote access, again with the 2 GIG table size limit. Works well as an automation server, however, there could be some potential if there is a requirement for multi-threading as in a heavy access load. It works well hooked to a web app (such as the UT)