I have an idea for a "generalized" approach to do that - let me "slap" it together and let's see if it is something that might be helpful.

>All I am interested at the moment, is simple timing of
>CursorToXML() applied on simple cursor with 2500 records and
>vice versa back to VFP cursor.
>
>No need going between sessions just if you'd
>do something like
>
>select My2500RecCursor
>CURSORTOXML ("My2500RecCursor", "SomeVar" , 1, 0, 0, "1")
>(found this on wikis)
>
>and then back to empty cursor using XmlToCursor.
>
>How long does it take ?
>
>Thks+++
>