Kevin;

Access MDB files would be a step backwards. Clipper is long gone and you will have support problems but the dbf format is alive and well. Here are some questions.

1. How many users?
2. Security requirements?
3. Budget?

Tom


>Greetings!
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>I've been asked to replace an existing Clipper-based db app with a newer, Windows/VB-based version. The old app used dbf files for its back-end database.
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>Would it be better if I also "upgrade" the dbf files with an mdb file? I'll be using ADO and ODBC for the connection to a server-located database, where the database file sizes reaches upwards of 100mb per year (annual archiving and extraction prevents further ballooning of the files...)
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>So in short, do I go with Access mdb, or stay with dbf? Which is better performance-wise for this setup?
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>Thanks!