Alex,

>Walter, let me add my pet wish to your excellent list: I wish I could say SET ENGINE TO SQL SERVER and be able to read/write that data transparently from VFP with all VFP commands (SCAN, REPLACE, in line SQL SELECT, etc.).
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>That would be a jump as jaw dropping as those Al Doman mentioned for FoxBase over dBase (6X faster), FoxPro 1.0 (windowing under DOS), and FoxPro 2.0 (SQL SELECT). Everybody would have to buy it, not just current VFP users. It would drive SQL Server sales too.
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>Yes I know SQL Server is set oriented and VFP is not, but it would still be wonderful. It would open the future for us with our current skill set and pair SQL Server with an excellent front end.

That would indeed be wonderfull, if the DML-commands could be processed on the server. Yes indeed this kind of enhancements is what I (and apperently Al also) want to see. On the other side, this seems a real difficult one to implement since the nature of both languages is totally different. However, I must admit, that if this is going to be implemented in some way, this would be a heavy knock to the compitition. In some way, I think this would be to some webservices, because they won't be needed anymore.

Walter,