>> ... WHERE ... AND .T. = .T. ...
>>
>>This force VFP to create a temp table for the cursor and will speed up your grid display.
>
>I use the field AS fieldname which also forces a cursor.
>
>SELECT *,0 AS DUMMY FROM ...
Michel,

That works too.

Except if the result strucutre is critical, then WHERE .T. = .T. doesn't add a field to the result. NOFILTER is the best way in my book (if we are talking VFP 5.0).