>>For example check Thread #1011797
>>It's a sample where SQL is faster.
>
>At first glance I'd also say, that sql is better
>for doing such mass data processing.
>
>But I'm missing the xbase variant of that update
>to really proof that sql is faster here.
>
>The initial though was, that an sql update should
>be faster than a scan loop. It was never thought of
>the power of SET KEY TO to scan through the portion
>of the data of a month or an agent with the appropriate
>index, which could even win over the sql update.
>
>Bye, Olaf.

Olaf,
I don't say just with a glance. I actually thought xBase might be faster and tried already. However if you think I didn't create the best strategy for xBase variant you might create and test yourself (too bad I didn't save xBase variant as I saw it was way slower).
Cetin