Persistent relationships and the one's you "create as you go" are different, though. And doing one doesn't mean you don't do the other. Use persistent relationships where you need to enforce referential integrity and don't want to have to handle it yourself. But those relationships may or may not have anything to do with, or be enough for, data entry forms and reports.

BTW, I haven't ever had a problem with persistent relationships--in 3 or in 5. Anything that helps with data integrity is much appreciated...

>In my database designer I'm assigning relationships between all the primaries keys in my tables, that then I drag onto the forms I'll be using. My boss, who knows some VFP says they are not truly reliable and that it's better to create your own as you go. What do you guys think?