Hi Marcel,

>SELECT command to create a read only cursor takes 0.01 sec to retreive 2000 records in a 60000 records VFP table.
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>The same select in a updatable local view takes 50 seconds for the USE command ?????

Sounds like the SELECT statement is creating a filtered table, while the view is actually downloading the records (though, 50 seconds seeems to a big numbr, unless you have a very slow network). Try adding NOFILTER to the select. This gives you the time, the view should take.

Christof