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

I'm not getting what is happening here. What is the 'where a.Field1 = ""' helping do? What is the test and the comparison?