I'll try an other attempt, then I let you know if this doesnt work
>>Well, that is the power of vfp, even 5 works fine for us. It's really a bureacratic company where I work now, so an upgrade is not on our short term to do list .
>>
>>>>>Yes,
>>>>>Upgrade to VFP9 :-)
>>>>Well, this is no option for us at this moment.
>>>>
>>>>>In VFP6 - no, you should use cursors.
>>>>
>>>>I have made a mistake with the version, it should be vfp 5 but of course the same problem.
>>>>
>>>>I used cursors, but this is so slow... Is there a trick to speed this up?
>>>
>>>VFP5????????
>>>WOW!
>>>That is the buggiest version of VFP I used (Sergey pointed me that VFP3 was the one, but I never used it)
>>>So UPGRADE!
>>>In VFP9 only report engine enhancements worth every cent you pay for it.
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>Then you stick with cursors. Could you post what you used so far just to see if there is a way to speed it?