>I called MS on the join speed issue back on VFP 3.0. The issue is when you perform a join, EVERY record is checked against EVERY record in EVERY database involved in the join. If you are checking against more than 2 databases, the join gets longer expodentially be each additional database. I still code all my join/datacross checking functions because they are ALWAYS faster than a join. My .02


That's not really true. Rushmore will use any index available and will only look at each record when no index matches the condition AND Rushmore determines that it doesn't need to build a temporary index. See the Rushmore document on my web page for more information.