>Hi everybody,
>
>I'm wondering what is better and faster:
>

>select Table1
>scatter memvar
>FieldFK = something
>PointerField = something
>release cEntered_User, tEntered_Date
>insert into Table2 from memvar
>
>or
>
>insert into Table2 (field1, field2, fieldN,...) ;
>values ;
>(Val1,Val2, Table1.fieldN,...)

>
>I switched from the first to the second, but it doesn't look like I gain a speed increase. I did multiple other changes, so it's hard to compare original code with the new code. But anyway, what do you think?
>
>Thanks in advance.


If you're inserting a group of records, I'd think

INSERT INTO blah SELECT ...

would be the fastest.

Tamar