>> >>Bruce, >> the idea behind views is to save network traffic- by retrieving only the >>subset needed from the server >>big views kind of goes against that concept in the first place >> >That's pretty much what I was thinking...I've been in the habit of >categorically using/recommending views for many situations without really >considering size they may reach...but I'm going to give it more attention >in the future... for creating semi-incremental search based on views I set a treshhold (e.g 5 letters etc.) only after which the view get queried (and requeried) ie only when a small enough subset will be retrieved Arnon