>>Hello,
>>
>>I have an SQL query where I need to use strtran() in the where clause:
>>WHERE STRTRAN(cname,' ','') = MyVar
>>
>>This slows down the process a lot!
>>Is it possible to optimize this query? I have alrdady an index on STRTRAN(cname,' ',''), but this does not change the performance.
>>
>>Any help is highly appreciated!
>
>An index on strtran(...) is virtually useless, since it is of variable length. Any decent VFP index has a fixed length. Perhaps padr(strtran(...)) will achieve better results.
>
>Hilmar.

Thanks, this is a good explanation for the reason why this index did not work. I did not know this!