Thanks Rick. I think I am going to go ahead with it. I am going to
stick to clean calls via SQL Server and stick to letting stored procedures
do the work since that will be separate process and more robust.
thanks for all the input and enjoyed your articles. Gives me a little more confidence in doing it this way. I am planning on going to .net soon but
need some stuff in place soon and with vfp it will be quick and easy and apparantly get the job done!

thanks again
Ronnie