Hi Mike,

>I hope you are not taking any of this personally. Are you suggesting the SQL Server book? That book is talking about SQL Server which has to be accessed via ODBC. Please prove that VFP accessing data via ODBC will outperform VFP accessing data without ODBC.

Although I didn't try it, it is indeed in the Book. "Chapter 7: Downsizing" has several pages about: "Remote views of VFP data"
In there is says: "In fact, in many cases ODBC Performance was observed to be up to 250 percent better than native."

Regards,