How about describing in outline form what you are required to do. This includes each database if more than one, table, and details. I have too many questions at this point to suggest anything.

Tom

>I have the following code that takes forever to run. Can anyone suggest ways of speeding up the process?
>
>select courseid,classid,studentid,birthdate,firstname,middlei,lastname,address,city,state,zip;
>from student;
>where empty(web_exp);
>into table c:\tempweb
>
>open database hunter
>use vwhe_card
>append from c:\tempweb
>
>*!* want to do this later just in case the above didn't work
>select student
>set filter to empty(web_exp)
>replace web_exp with date() all
>
>I've also tried:
>use student
>set filter to empty(web_exp)
>
>open database hunter
>use vwhe_card
>append from student
>
>The database has over 390000 records. For test data, I'm looking for 42 records and it's taking so long. Should I set an index?
>
>I would appreciate any help and thanks in advance!
>Sunshine