You would not gain any advantage.

Note that web services do not necessarily mean through a browser. They are for application to application communication.


>OK - but if you are in a controlled system and you can make the following assumptions:
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>1 - your database is SQL Server
>2 - your front end app is VFP
>3 - the goal is to be able to run the app 'across the internet' (note I did NOT say through a browser)
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>What advantage would there be to using XML to communicate?
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>Ken
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