That's not true. You don't send a 500 Mb data file through the network to retrieve a single 10K record. VFP just sends a piece of data with some records before and after the one you have requested. Of course, this process is not as optimized as with C/S, but in no way VFP sends the 500 Mb file
José María Mellado Martínez
Consultoría y Servicios Informáticos Médicos, S.L.