>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.

Well, we do have some Oracle people, but not as many as Foxpro people.

>Limitations in Visual FoxPro include:
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The limit of 2 GB per file - may or may not be a problem.
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No encryption available - can be solved with third-party tools.
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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.

None of these features will really matter, thanks for pointing them out.

>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.

This is something we are considering, I don't see the point of changing the front-end, but I do see benefits of going Client/Server - but if we ever did, it would be using Sql-Server.

The other concern is VFP's future, so I have to keep showing them the Steve Ballmer vidoe/link on MS's site.

Thanks
Kev