>The issue as I see it is that the VFP OLE-DB Provider is a separate entity - which apparently has advantages not found in the classic Fox interface. Again, as I said, this would not surprise me.

>The other issue is that what is really attributable to the 4 second difference. Is it soley due to the Fox OLE-DB Provider. OR, is it also in part due to .NET being the client?

Or is it due to other factors that your mind cannot comprehend - and here is just one example of many; incorrect allocation of memory using SYS(3050).

You also seem to be ignoring Kevin's subsequent tests that show NEGLIGIBLE differences (yes I too can hold the SHIFT KEY DOWN).

>In the end, it really does not matter

I agree.

>Is it scientific? No...but again, I am not sure it matters.

I can see how it would be difficult for you to deal with absolutes.

>For what it's worth, I think Houston was more interested in you saying Kevin and I were wrong in our theory....< bg >

Actually John, even if you restrict matters to the context of this thread, it is obvious that you have definitively and absolutely no idea what I am 'more' interested in! If anything the grin you wear says far more about your underlying motives that anything else. To quote Jim Fay at the Love and Logic Institute "nice try"!