Hi Agnes,

To try and give you a head start with this:

If you have a Select statement...

Select * from table1 where firstname = 'Agnes'

To make this statement use Rushmore (ie faster)
open up table1
go into the indexes tab and have a look to see if there is an index on firstname
if not then add one

Statements to look for in the select statements
JOIN ON
WHERE
HAVING
maybe others but my VFP has crashed so these are from memory...

Hope This Helps

Will