>> However, with the latest version of the framework you can wrap these in a SQL pass through connection and hit local data instead of SQL server. I'm not entirely sure if it's possible to do this w/o ODBC or (under VFP 7) OLE-DB. If not, maybe there should be. I haven't had an opportunity to try this, so YMMV.
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>Paul,
>I'm beginning to think you're right here. The trade-off was what I was trying to avoid.

That's why I suggested looking at wrapping these in a SPT connection against local data. It looks like this might be a way to handle this inside the framework, w/o the downside(s).

>And I'm not familiar with YMMV.

Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV)