>I can not agree with you.
>Good commercial database application must be reliable. NO ONE need corrupted indexes, a lost memo, inconsistent data, etc. As as developer I can say also that I do not need taking time phones from angry customers even "unimportant" one.
>I understand that it is all about acceptable level of reliability - probably you and I define it in different way.

But if you use DBFs, you as a developer can't guarantee data reliability, beyond providing the best of you to avoid as much problems as you can. Anyway, that's why I heartily encourage anyone to use at least MSDE or Firebird for small projects.

Regards,