>Well,
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>The initial query is:
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>Select a.field1 As Code, a.Field2 As Desc From TableA a Into Cursor tmpCursor
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>The table has an index on field1 so I added:
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>where a.Field1 = ""
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>It's a cheat I know but the query is optimised and works as long as set exact off.
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>The time jumps from 5 secs to under 2.
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Hi Mathias,

That is too cool! I just tested it on my setup and got similar results.

Thanks,