If you can not beat them...... Applied GIS SMC is a powerful data access and translation tool that allows for the easy exchange of data between ESRI's Spatial Database Engine™ (SDE™) and MapInfo Professional. With SMC, SDE layers can now be accessed from within MapInfo and MapInfo tables can be "exported" into SDE as layers. http://www.appliedgis.com/sde2mi.htm SMC supports SDE running within any Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). However, the current version of SMC does not work with "ARC SDE" or "SDE for Coverages". Will if integrate with SDELite - and Microsoft's JET 4.0? A bit trendy at $750 for a seat, $2495 for five, and $4995 for your site. But if it works.... Anyone using this out there? MidNight Mapper aka Neil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]