>>You can't do it that way in n-tier. VFP cursors won't work. There is no way to pass the cursor around. You'll need to use ADO or XML. COMCodebook uses ADO and supports VFP tables. It will also handle the transaction management for you.
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>Hmmmmm.... Mere Mortals does it through cursors.

Then you can't physically break it out into tiers. IMO, this severly limits your design.

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>As far as books, you could look at Booth's Effective Techniques, Markus' book, and also visit jimbooth.com; there is something about bizobj's there.

I think there are better places. Rockford Lohta's VB books are better.

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>Alex