Read John Petersen's paper on ADO & VFP at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfoxgen/html/adojump.asp appropriately named ADO jumpstart.

>I clicked the auto-link for ADO that was in your message and I'll check it out. I've heard the term before, but don't know the first thing about it.
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>Thanks,
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>Michelle
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>>Disconnected ADO recordsets work well for data transferring between objects, and are especially suited for marshalling across process boundaries.
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>>I have used them mostly for distributed n-tier applications, and have not had any problems with them. The only two cons that I find is that I need to be thinking object model instead of normal VFP data handling, (that is not necessarily a bad thing) and the speed tradeoff compared to a VFP cursor.
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>>Just my .02