>>In the initial SELECT, VFP may not have an advantage over anything else, but >>once the information is in a VFP cursor you are using VFP's native database >>engine and you have a rich data manipulation language. You can either >>continue to use SQL to address the cursor on a dataset level or you can >>switch to the old dBase language for record by record manipulation. Whichever >>suits your needs.


Yes, VFP as the DML/navigational language there. However, in many C/S apps, you don't really need that. I grant you that when you do need it - it is nice to have and VFP has the advantage here. However, ADO uses the fox engine and it can be hosted by many applications. And.. record by record manipulation can be accomplished.