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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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>>That ranks among the silliest things you've said, John!!!
>>Anything could be faster/more efficient than something else, given the 'right' circumstances.
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>Really??? Many would have told you that under no circumstances, could this be a possibility...

Not many here would though, John - except in your mind, where anyone who says that Fox is fast/great/best is being heard by you as 'nothing but FoxPro matters and anything else is all junk'.

Jim