No problem. I do appreciate your input. I ended up just creating the query table as a foxpro 2.6 table and then using OLE to run Excel and open it. Seems the easiest and fastest method in my situation.
>I just meant whoever is using Excel to look at the 45,000 records may not be using the right tool. Anyway, since your a Fox guy, I probably didn't need to mention it in the first place anyway <g>.
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