>when I display .dbf info on screen, first 2 character of year always show 19xx????
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>for client/server application (WAN / LAN), VFP, VB and Java, which is better programming language???
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>is VFP strong enough to handle hundred thousand records table (will it easily cause 'not a database file')???
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>TQ.

set century on/off controls whether to display 2 or 4 digits. But whatever your setting for display is, it is always stored as 4 digits. Besides 'set century on/off' also check set century to xx rollover yy.

VFP is the best one naturally I would say as it's my best :) However after seeing VFP8 launched I'd say VFP is the BEST !

Thousands or records is nothing to VFP. It could effectively hold millions and millions records. 'Not a table' problem generally doesn't root from VFP itself but from external sources like network. And honestly it's a very easy fix situation to fix.
Cetin