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>I'm thinking: the code uses lots of insert, Seek, replace, but it also uses Select-SQL. May be I need to change SELECT-SQL to LOCATE? It will also help us to eliminate duplicates still in buffer...
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>What do you think?

We used xBase when working on buffered tables - I had hoped for a switch to SQL with buffering, put your expierences make me hesitate a bit <bg>.

regards

thomas