>>>>How would I know, from reading the VFP7 (SP1) Help description of the command, that it is designed to work only for SQL Server (2000?) data?
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>>>What do you mean?
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>>I mean... if I was a new VFP developer and I read that function's description in the Command Reference I would have no idea that I cannot use it against VFP data.
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>>Simply put, if the function is limited in its application to EXTERNAL data sources that support "updategrams", then the documentaion should say so.
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>This function creates updategrams of buffered VFP tables/cursors. I don't see how it's related to the 'EXTERNAL data sources'.

It seems I can't help you then. I feel that MS NEEDS to revise the entry for the subject.