>Seems unnecessary, but maybe a SELECT before the INDEX ON would make a difference?


Hey, I'm willing to try anything.

Altered first lines to look like this:

CREATE DATABASE temp
CREATE TABLE anytable (pkey I PRIMARY KEY, cChar C(6))
SELECT anytable
INDEX ON cChar TAG cChar
SET ORDER TO pkey
SET MULTILOCKS ON 
CURSORSETPROP('Buffering',5)

Unfortunately, got the exact same results :-(