>Hi Elyse.
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>>I've marked all of my views as NoDataOnLoad in the DataEnvironment but they still take a long time to open. Why would the statement USE MyView NODATA take a long time to execute?
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>There was a tip in FoxPro Advisor a few issues back on this topic. If I recall, it's due to the way VFP handles SET DELETED when you open a view NODATA. Try SET DELETED OFF before opening the views NODATA, then SET DELETED ON; that seems to improve the time VFP takes to create the empty cursor.
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>Doug


I don't understand why, but this helped tremendously! Now the views load instantaneously. Thanks!

Elyse