>I did look at the code. And...I recognized and conceded it was anything but scientific. Given enough tweaking, I have little doubt the native VFP code could out-perform .NET/VFP-OLE DB Provider. But alas, that is not the point.
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>The point is that the VFP-OLE DB Provider + .NET COULD be faster/more efficient than native VFP when it comes to accessing native VFP data.
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If the test were conclusive in that respect, then I'd say that your statement above WOULD have some intellectual value...; unfortunately, it wasn't.