>Thanks for the response, but let me explain further.
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>Client 1 is selling parts to a customer. The Client 1 pulls up a pick list of ALL inventory with current balances. He selects Record 1, 6, 55, ..... to sell to the customer and then prints an invoice (which updates the inventory balances)
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>in the meantime....
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>Client 2 is in another city selling parts to a customer. The Client 2 pulls up a pick list of ALL inventory with current balances. He selects some of the same records to sell to the customer and then prints an invoice (which updates the inventory balances)
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>This is the way our software works now. We want to make the transition to SQL Server as invisible as possible. How does any Client/Server setup keep large pick lists up to date. (Note: New parts are being added constantly, so the list is dynamic)
Tim, can your inventory be broken down by product categories, which should reduce the size of the picklist, or it is not appropriate in your case?
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro
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