Connecting to Visual Foxpro via ASP

[Paul Alvarez]

Hello,

I need to do some reporting via ASP pages, based on the
data stored in our SBT Pro accounting system. SBT is based
on Visual Foxpro databases. (Separate .DBF files, not
containers)

It seems fairly basic - it seems to me that I can connect
to the individual tables via "DNS-less" connections, query
the tables, then display search results.

My question: Is there anything that I need to watch out
for here? (disrupting the data in the SBT system /
performance /etc?) I do these types of things on a
regular basis with SQL Server tables and views, as well
as Access data. However, I want to be real careful here,
as my CFO will NOT be happy if I disrupt any accounting
activities by reading their databases via ASP pages on our
Intranet.

Thanks to anyone who can provide any insight.


Paul Alvarez

[PAlvarez]

Hello,

I need to do some reporting via ASP pages, based on the data stored in our
SBT Pro accounting system. SBT is based on Visual Foxpro databases.
(Separate .DBF files, not containers)

It seems fairly basic - it seems to me that I can connect to the individual
tables via "DNS-less" connections, query the tables, then display search
results.

My question: Is there anything that I need to watch out for here?
(disrupting the data in the SBT system / performance /etc?) I do these
types of things on a regular basis with SQL Server tables and views, as well
as Access data. However, I want to be real careful here, as my CFO will NOT
be happy if I disrupt any accounting activities by reading their databases
via ASP pages on our Intranet.

Thanks to anyone who can provide any insight.


Paul Alvarez