>Good question...
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>I used to have buffering in the two forms, but was told to remove it and use SCATTER/GATHER because the guy I work with prefers to use SCATTER/GATHER in his multi-user environment. He might be afraid of the record-locking/networking issues related to buffering and he already knows how to use SCATTER/GATHER on his network.
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>I think I have the record-locking multi-user network stuff relative to buffering figured out, but I don't know if he trusts my knowledge in that area.

In VFP, buffering is definitely the better approach. That's the one that's going to continue to be enhanced as needed. Except for SCATTER/GATHER NAME, SCATTER/GATHER are pretty much supported only for backward compatibility.

Seems to me his argument is pretty much the same as saying that he only wants to use @GET/READ in VFP because he understands them.

Tamar