Michel, testing from about as far away from you as it's possible to get: definitely quicker. Well done- and thanks for the prime example of persistent local datasets making a significant difference, even if you use a tool that uses heaps of memory rather than automatically spooling to disk. ;-)
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
