>>>I don't follow you here, do I set the order on or off. What does Rushmore need exactly.
>>>
>>>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
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>>if query like that
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>>select * from myfile where upper(myfield) = [FRANK]
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>>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
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>Actually Peter, in a SQL command, the current order is reset as the table is re-opened with a new alias. The order affects adversely affects SET FILTER.


i was saying in order to use Rushmore there needs to be an index on the where-clause
from the help file:

Rushmore Query Optimization technology is a data access technique that uses standard Visual FoxPro indexes to optimize access to data. You can use Rushmore with any Visual FoxPro index, including FoxPro 1.x (.idx) indexes, compact (.idx) indexes, and compound (.cdx) indexes.

i was not talking about the order of the cursor

Peter