Sergey is exactly correct! The view returns the records. VFP sometimes just does a SET FILTER TO when you write an SQL command.

>I have a local VFP table of about 214,000 records. When I execute a simple SQL on it in the command window. “Select * From lrs!Names”, it return all of the records in about 1 second.
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>When I create a local view with no filter and no sort it takes at least 60 seconds.
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>When I view the SQL generated by the view, It reads exactly like the one I typed in the command window: . “Select * From lrs!Names”.
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>Why is the local view so much slower than the typed in SQL?
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>TIA