As long as that person wasn't from MSFT... <g> I agree that one of the things that is lacking in .NET today is data/language integration. But we're working on it...

yag

>yag,
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>>>you'd be surprised at the data-based business apps folks build with .NET today.
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>Until October I was associated with a C# suite that imported medical records from multiple repositories via HL7, SQL or proprietary protocols, dropped them into SQL Server, and provided a fairly good UI for accessing those results and allowing users to select clusters to be sent to a separate server app.
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>The separate server app stayed in VFP because it is so much easier to "do what it needs to do" with local SELECTable datasets.
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>Suffice to say that I am not opposed to dotNET or unaware of its charms. However, I think it is reasonable, even helpful, to point out where improvements can be made, or to keep using alternatives until they are. I'd also say that some of the pro-dotNET claims made around here are ridiculous- one fellow even claimed Winforms runs like a charm on his old 286!