Hi Steve,

>I'm not talking about tampering, I'm talking about applications using legitimate means to alter VFP data. Can you do that with SQL Server?

Wait just a minute here! In applications I write I'll decide what means and tools are legitimate, thank you!

As I recall, VFP is a database plus application programming language. When I sell an application to an end-user I decide what functionality they will have (not them or MS). If they use unauthorized tools (even if they are from MS) to manipulate the data in a manner that is outside the interface designed by me they're hacking the data (as far as I'm concerned).

>You can call your system an RDBMS if you want to. I don't know if you would be correct :)


Are you saying VFP should be dumb-downed in order to be a "real" RDBMS? If so, I'd prefer to call what VFP offers as an RDBMSx system.

VFP has everything you can get from an RDBMS and more!!!

Hugh