>>I converted a system running under FPW2.6 into VFP3.0 then to 5.0. Seems like many of the SQL statements that used to run like the wind now run like they are on crutches. What gives??? Any one else experience an extreme slowdown with VFP?
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>no -- make sure that the statements are rushmore optimized...

They were optimized in 2.6...is there a reason why they woun't be in 5.0?