>Walter,
>Is there an ideal record width (ie number of fields ) for a table before things slows down?
>Would making the database files read only cause problems with reindex process. ( I delete the cdx files and recreate them via a program).
>Thanks for the insight on set deleted. I have !deleted() index tag on all tables and am now deleting this tag to test if this could be the cause.
>Yau

A !DELETED() tag will NOT cause the problem WalterM referred to, because Rushmore does NOT employ any tag witha NOT in its expression.
It is a TAG on DELETED() that causes the cited problems, and they can be severe.