Oh Yummy. Good subject. I hope I can make it... Let make sure its indeed room 803 and not 308 or 807 or even room # 1100100011 (803 in binary)... :-) Alen. -----Original Message----- From: nycfoxsig-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nycfoxsig-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jay Berardinelli Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:56 PM To: nycfoxsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; NycFoxSig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; NYCFoxSig Subject: [nycfoxsig] New York City Visual Foxpro Meeting Thurs, June 5 -- Using Microsoft SQL from VFP New York City Visual Foxpro Meeting Thursday, June 5 -- Room 803 NYU Silver Our next meeting is Thursday, June 5, 2008 FYI - the next scheduled meeting after this will be August 7, 2008. Let's see some new faces!! Our guest speaker will be Jay Berardinelli, President of Docman Corporation, a custom software developer based in NYC. Topic will be: Using Microsoft SQL from VFP Jay discusses the way he designs systems to use Microsoft SQL without the need for DBC's and remote views, thus eliminating the usual headaches that occur when the SQL schema changes, and the remote views are all broken. Various techniques will be demonstrated to show how to get a record from the server, and update it. Other discussion points include: cursor adapters, SQL pass thru, error handling, parametized SQL commands, SQL connection strings, calling SQL stored procedures, audit trails, plus much more. Jay has been programming and designing systems since 1980, and is considered an expert in the use of Visual Foxpro, having worked with it since its inception. In addition to custom software development, Docman Corporation also offers full turnkey office automation, including the sale and support of equipment (servers, pc's, networks, and phone systems). ------------- The meeting will be held in (or near) room #803 in the NYU Main/Silver building, at 7 pm. The building is on the northeast corner of Washington Square, the entrance being on Waverly Place. Go to the guard station inside for directions. Bring photo ID.