Have tried all those thing. As Sergey said, packing the table is the only feasible option.

Thanks
Kev

>>Hi
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>>I have a table that contains 192,216 records, 177,493 of these are deleted records.
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>>I have a DELETED() Index on the table, yet when I run a command like SCAN FOR...ENDSCAN on an indexed field, it takes absolutely ages. This is over a 1MB WAN by the way, but it still should only take seconds, it takes minutes, about 3 to be exact.
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>>What am I doing wrong here?
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>>Thanks
>>Kev
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>1. Be sure to have NOT DELETED() (in the FOR clause)
>2. Select that index (!)
>3. Have SET DELETED ON
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>But I guess that's all obvious (?)
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>4. Begin the SCAN with a SEEK (may differ)
>5. Have a WHILE in the SCAN (shouldn't differ opposed to the deleted records).