PMFJI, Zakaria

But have you tried indexs with your cursors for faster results?

HTH
Beth

>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.
>>
>>Then you stick with cursors. Could you post what you used so far just to see if there is a way to speed it?