Sounds like you have a directory with a lot of files. Try to do your work somewhere else, in a folder with less files.

>Thanks Ron.
>I will try it Monday (You know hier it's 15:34)
>It is in the Novell network.
>Actually the exe is waiting for a "command" file containig the sql statement wich sends a client. Then this exe runs the sql select , puts the result on the network and renames the "command" file, so the the client knows that the query is ready. (may be is it faster to select into local drive, then move the file into network.) My second problem is that the ADIR() also very slow.
>Bye!
>András