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>BTW, I think that Robert Green's white paper on the pros and cons of both approaches are well worth a mention.
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>Do you remember the the Pros Talk VFP 3.0 series from Pinnacle Publishing?

I know of it. I came to VFP late (5.0) and kind of by-passed the 3.0 stuff at the time. Since then I've tried on a couple of occasions to get it without success. Time to try again, I guess.< s >

>Current titles on the subject notwithstanding, Robert's book, 5 years hence, is STILL the better alternative book resource on implementing C/S applications in VFP. While he does talk about RV's, he also goes into great detail on SPT and in turn, does a great job of comparing the two.

Agree wholeheartedly and his approach to it is terrific.

>IMO, the free docs on Dataclas expand on that work by integrating ADO. Whether one goes with Dataclas or not, the docs outline the architecture, which has its orgins in VFP 5/6 Enterprise Development.

Guess I'll have to get them. Didn't realize that they were available.

>IMO, Rod's contribution to the community in this regard is on par with INTL, GenscrnX, Mac Rubel's Raidar, and FoxExpress to name a few...

High praise indeed.

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>Thank you, John. As I said, I'm a relative newbie with SQL Server and your posts on the subject (and ADO, including whitepaper) are read and referred to often.
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>Then I guess what I am doing up here is worthwhile after all, other commentary nothwithstanding!! < bg >

It certainly is.

>Thanks,

You're most welcome, John.

As a side note, and not necessarily to you in particular, but rather everyone, I've got to head out now and catch a flight to Chicago. I may pop in between now and next Weds., but if I don't, I'll see everyone then.