Larry,

>>DTS uses the OLE-DB/ODBC provider to handle this stuff. If you connect to a DBMS (SQL Server/MSDE/Oracle) those queries are handled by the DBMS. If you connect to a file-based system (VFP) then the machine running DTS performs those operations using the provider.

Ahh. Very clever... or obvious, depending upon your perspective. My perspective says clever :-)

Thanks,
Thom