>>Did you add NOFILTER clause at the end? Did it speed up the process? How many records are in the table and how many satisfy the filter criteria?
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>I suspect he's getting the equivalent of a SET FILTER. So there really is no data being transferred as would be the case with the NOFILTER. It's probably faster than with the NOFILTER.

Yes, I suspect it too.

What is VFP version? I don't recall did we have NOFILTER in VFP6? AFAIK we got it in VFP8.