>oh oh !
>
>
> *-- Buffe1 0.109
> *-- Buffe5 0.188
>
>it is the same time !


And then where is the tip benefit.

It exists if you want update multiple times
the same records, but for a one shot update
i'm not sure.

Hi.

>
>>>a lttle change...
>>>
>>>
>>>SET SECONDS ON
>>> SET MULTILOCKS OFF
>>> CURSORSETPROP("Buffering" ,1,"Resident")
>>> timestart1=SECONDS()
>>>
>>> UPDATE Resident ;
>>> SET NoitelephoneIdReportActif ;
>>> = NVL((SELECT F.ireport FROM cFiltre F WHERE F.itelephoneid=Resident.itelephoneid AND F.ireport = NoReport),0)
>>>
>>> SELECT Resident
>>> * =TABLEUPDATE(.T.)
>>> SET MULTILOCKS ON
>>> CURSORSETPROP("Buffering" ,5,"Resident")
>>> Buffe1 = SECONDS()-timestart1
>>>
>>>
>>> timestart5=SECONDS()
>>> UPDATE Resident ;
>>> SET NoitelephoneIdReportActif ;
>>> = NVL((SELECT F.ireport FROM cFiltre F WHERE F.itelephoneid=Resident.itelephoneid AND F.ireport = NoReport),0)
>>>
>>> Buffe5 = SECONDS()-timestart5
>>>
>>> *-- Buffe1 0.110
>>> *-- Buffe5 0.047
>>>
>>
>>And if you swap the operaions, and do buffer 5 before ?
>>( for exclude a cache effect )
>>
>>thanks