>I don't follow you here, do I set the order on or off. What does Rushmore need exactly.
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>Bear in mind, on an XP platform none of this is necessary???
in order to speed things up in rushmore it needs an index on every parameter of the where clause

if query like that

select * from myfile where upper(myfield) = [FRANK]

you need in index on upper(myfield)
then rushmore can optimize the query. don't set any order just have the index on the field.
the index has to match the left side of your where clause phrase

search for rushmore in the help file to see more