John, please, if you have a pecuniary interest in recommendations you make, you should say so.

Here you are, with an "MVP" in your sig, pushing your own product like that. I think that's ethically borderline, don't you?

**--** Steve


>Check the indexes on your backend. If you are using SQL Server, do you have a clustered index? Does your search criteria match an index? And finally, make sure the server hardware is adaquate.
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>Another thing to check: are you minimizing the number of records you need to fetch from the server?
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>Lastly, Go to www.redmatrix.com and check out dataclas. If you find yourself in a situation where you can ditch the RV's, try Dataclas.
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>Good luck!
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>>Hi all,
>>How to speed up a SQL remote view when calling out from VFP ?
>>I have tried to using the fetch mode. It can return the control
>>so fast and the program can be opened quickly. But when I issue
>>tableupdate(.t.) command, it return an error, it is the connection
>>is busy. I know all records of the table is being fetch at the
>>background. Thus I can only update the table after the fetch is
>>completed. And if I interrupt the fetch process, the table can't
>>be updated. When the table is so large, the fetch time is so long.