Abstract: Visual FoxPro(VFP)is an object-oriented and visual relational database management system,which developed by Microsoft corporation.Its a required course for many liberal arts students to study database application and object oriented programming in many colleges.Theory and application relate closely in VFP.How to make the students achieve the teaching goal of developing database management information system is the subject that the computer teacher is facing.The main contents of the course and the teaching difficulties are analyzed.This paper does useful researches and trials in terms of teaching content design of VFP,application of case-teaching method and visual teaching of structured query language(SQL).Practice has proved that good teaching effect has been achieved.