> In my application I use the following code to create an Excel spreadsheet > and populate it with the contents of an array that was created with a SQL > Select into statement. Sometimes the array is large, over a 1000 records, > and this process can be lengthy (5-10 minutes). Any advice on how to speed > this up? Is it feasible, instead of using an array, to use a cursor or table? I just tried COPY TO .. TYPE XLS with 1400+ records from a cursor, and it took a second or so. I'm using a P120 with 32Mb RAM & Windows '95. /Paul