I just downloaded SQL Express 2005 and Visual Web Developer 2005 and I would bet that this is the direction that MS is going to take. I have only had a chance to take a quick look at these but so far I am impressed, especially with the Web Developer's integration with data. It looks like Microsoft is going after mySQL and distributing SQL Express for free. SQL is a much better database than Access or FoxPro and more universally accepted. My wife and I host a community web site and we had to switch to mySQL to handle our forums because Access was not up to the task. I apologize if this is a repeat of what has been said before. Thank all of you for providing such great support for all of the office products. Mike Myers mrmyers@xxxxxx ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************