Try this...

select (lcTable)
SET ORDER TO (lcMyOrder)    && numeric index
SET KEY TO RANGE 0, 0

SET ORDER TO (lcMyOrder)    && character index
SET KEY TO RANGE 'a', 'z'

>Hello guys!!!!
>i have a 1.5 GB table in shared mode. can anybody tell me why in the H*** the first time I run "SET FILTER TO .F. " it takes 5 minutes? should i use somekind of buffering that i don't know?? would it help?
>
>thanks,
>ionut