Hi all,

I am creating a project with MSDE database. Several tables on the database are rarely updated (there are about twenty tables). In fact, most of the time those tables only act as look-up tables and may not be updated for weeks or even months. OTOH my apps is going to read (read-only) at least one of those table in most of its tasks. Thus, I am thinking to store those tables in local-native-vfp tables.
Question:
1. Considering each of those tables won't exceed 10,000 rows, is it worth the effort to store them in local tables (not to mention the synchronization process)? Or should I just let them reside on the server? The apps will be used by about 15 to 20 users on Ethernet-based LAN. Once or twice a week, there will be a remote user connecting thru a dial-up modem (with the help of PC Anywhere and a dummy workstation).
2. If it's worth it, anybody got any ideas about:
a. should I use free tables or tables in dbc container?
b. the most efficient way to check whether the real tables (the ones on the MSDE) has changed?
c. how to synchronize those tables such that the user doesn’t feel (or doesn’t experience) a performance degradation?

I am looking forward to hearing from all of you!

TIA,
Willianto