J,

>>I don't like paramaterized SELECTs. All they do is pop up a box prompting the end-user for a value s/he hasn't got a clue about. And frequently won't tell me about till it happens 10-15 times.
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>Hmmmm...my parameters always exist, so my users never see the little box.
So do mine, but if it didn't exist, would you want your end-user to get the little box or would you want your error routine to kick in.

>"fast" is not a word that's used a lot out here usually.
This is "fast" in terms of how long the end-user will wait before s/he starts poking at keys because they suspect the computer has locked up. Or s/he feels like the computer stumbles along instead of humming along - one of which undermines confidence in the system.

>so I tend to want to take the time to build the indexes on form entry and have them ready to go...but you've given me something to think about.
Always the "safe" way to go.

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>Thanks...J