>>We use VFP 5.0a on a TCP/IP network under NT 4.0.
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>>Our VFP data resides on the server. When the user accesses a table with a conditional index tag (index tag type on type for type="C"), does the ENTIRE table move across the network to the users local computer, or just the records contained in the index?
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>>Denis Schuette
>>McElhaney Cattle Co.
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>From what I understand, only the relevant portions of the index are moved over the wire, and then only the records as they are needed.

In a query, indexes that contain a filter (for clause) are not used for optimization. The entire table is scanned, or a non-filtered regular index on "type" (bad choice of field name - reserved word) would be used.