>Of course you have to load the complete data into the virtual memory by performing a scan and/or do while before you have reliable results.
>But as I said, these commands are not behaving like somebody else once said.
>You still have to try and make performace tests yourself before you believe in somebodies results. Ex. Locate is always faster than ... or ... thats why I posted this message.

However, depending on the conditions, with a large table with an index order, I have found locate to always be faster. If your really going to record number 1, then it would not bee, but if the record is something else, then all bets are off.