Hi, John!

>A particular case?? The cross-tabulation of data is a fairly generic process.

There are ten parameters in genxtab(). Not all of them required in particular application.

>Sorry Alexander, I can't agree with your conclusion especially since you have offered no benchmarks to support your conclusion. To say that the program that ships with VFP cannot be slower is a conclusion that simply has no basis.

OK, I have no benchmarks in pocket, but will spend some time to provide you with it. I was forced to write own procedures because in some cases VFPXTAB tooks 20-30 minutes on PentiumII instead of seconds.