Hi Martin,
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>Well. I presented it thi way because XML is much more standard, and I always encourage returning the smallest possible resultsets anyway.
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>Take in consideration that returning XML this component can be called from multiple clients, while a packaged DBF would be propietarty and can be consumed just by VFP (or other xBase) clients.
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Both very valid points...

>Also, while I didn't wrote it. This same service is just a step away from becoming a Web Service. Indeed, many people asked me about that. I just hadn't had the time to write "Poor's man database strikes back!". 8-)

Well, just to keep the titles straight, you could already plan for
the next article about a vfp-specific subclass: "The Return of the .dbf" ;-)

best regards

thomas