>>But check your insert statement in original post. It didn't have m.
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>Ok I tried it again, but first I changed the variable creation lines to reflect the m. :
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>m.lcInFile = "testout"
>m.lcOutfile = "testin"
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>Then I tried the 10k record insert test with the following line as the insert:
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>INSERT INTO (m.lcInfile) FROM memvar
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>It still took 5 seconds to finish
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>But If I comment out the following line, the 10k recs are inserted in approx. 1/2 second:
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>USE testout IN 0 Exclusive ALIAS MyOUT
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>I'm sure some people may view this whole thread as being a little obsessive on my part (and let me be the first to admit that I AM obsessive ;-), but again, when importing this amount of data, seconds can turn into hours.

What happens if you open the table without the alias MyOUT?