>I need to run some speed tests and check results and rushmore optimisation.
>
>Is there anyway to reset the environment completely so that I can run repeated tests without restarting the VFP IDE every time?
>
>otherwise obviously my 2nd and subsequent queries do not produce valid results as data etc. held in memory.
>
>I have tried;
>Close Tables
>Close Databases
>Close ALL
>Clear ALL

I know that when Mac Rubel was doing some serious performance tests on VFP years ago, he felt that he even needed to reboot between test runs to make sure that there were no hidden advantages either way.

Tamar