>hi,
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>I always find Xbase commands faster than Sql(statement) commands.
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>Any case where Sql statments are faster ?
>Also i would like to know best prsctices where to use what ??
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>TIA
>suhashegde

I would imagine this:

SELECT * FROM mytable INTO CURSOR mycursor

would be faster than:

create cursor mycursor (field definitions)
select mytable
scan
scatter memvar memo
insert into myCursor from memvar
endscan

I generally use SQL as my first choice. If it's slow I try tooptimise it with the appropriate indexes. If that's still too slow I look at using xbase code. Sometimes the xbase code is faster sometimes not, but I find SQL easier to maintain and easier to run against a database different to VFP.

HTH,