>Hi
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>We're writing an app in VFP6.0 and my managers are asking if it would be better to write it in Oracle! I don't know how to program in Oracle at all.
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>At the end of the day I know, and you know, it doesn't matter what tool you use, you will get the same result in the end, but can anyone just give me some ammo as to why using VFP is a perfectly acceptable product - possibly some comparisons with Oracle.
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>Thanks
>Kev

The fact that you know VFP, and don't know Oracle, should be argument enough - plus the fact that there is virtually nothing you can't do in Visual FoxPro.

Limitations in Visual FoxPro include:

The limit of 2 GB per file - may or may not be a problem.

No encryption available - can be solved with third-party tools.

Oracle allows you to modify the structure of a table (e.g., add fields) while users are using the table, and a few other neat tricks.

If you need some of these Oracle features, that is no reason to discard Visual FoxPRo. You can use Oracle as the server - you can still access the data through forms created in Visual FoxPro.

HTH, Hilmar.

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