>>>Fabio,
>>>
>>>This select is quite slow. Do you know if it is possible to make it quicker?
>>>

>>>select curTemp.cTrans_pk, TI.cInsurances_fk ;	
>>>		from curTemp inner join Trans_Insurances TI ;
>>>		on curTemp.cTrans_pk = TI.cTrans_fk ;	
>>>		where TI.iSequence_Number = (select max(iSequence_Number) ;
>>>		from Trans_Insurances X ;
>>>		where X.cTrans_fk = TI.cTrans_fk) ;
>>>		into cursor curTemp1

>>
>>with VFP it is hard
>>
>>before posting 10 solutions,
>>you could furnish me these information:
>>
>>- reccounT(curTemp)/reccount(Trans_Insurances) ratio
>
>curTemp may have from 0 to 20 (or more records). Trans_Insurances is currently 400K+ records.
>
>>- is curTemp.cTrans_pk a pk
>
>Yes, cTrans_pk is a primary key
>
>>- is TI.cTrans_fk a pk or for every curTemp.cTrans_pk the join has many TI.cTrans_fk
>
>I may not have trans insurances for particular trans or I may have several (no more than 3 usually, in most cases just one).
>
>I decided to break my select hoping to get a speed gain (originally I did it in one select using LEFT JOIN and IsNull condition in where). I got a slight speed improvement...

I have trust in this

SELECT TI.cTrans_fk, TI.cInsurances_fk;
    FROM (select curTemp.cTrans_pk , max(T.iSequence_Number) iSequence_Number;
	    	from curTemp JOIN Trans_Insurances T ON curTemp.cTrans_pk = T.cTrans_fk ;
		    GROUP BY 1) X ;
		    JOIN Trans_Insurances TI ;
                 ON TI.cTrans_fk = X.cTrans_pk AND TI.iSequence_Number = X.iSequence_Number;
 into cursor curTemp1