Walter,
I had already taken care of some of it + put some to match C# output but simply missed there was .T. in textmerge :)

StartTime = SECONDS()
SELECT * FROM testcursor INTO CURSOR TEST

=AFIELDS(laFields, "Testcursor")

cString = Chr(13) + Chr(9) + "<CLIENT>" + Chr(13)
FOR nT = 1 TO ALEN(laFields,1)
	cString = m.cString + Chr(9) + Chr(9) + ;
           "<"+laFields(nT,1)+">%%"+laFields(nT,1)+"%%</"+;
           laFields(nT,1)+">" + Chr(13)
ENDFOR
cString = cString + Chr(9) + "</CLIENT>"

SET TEXTMERGE DELIMITERS TO "%%","%%"
SET TEXTMERGE TO "cxml.txt" noshow
SET TEXTMERGE ON 

\\<TEST>
SCAN
	TEXTMERGE(m.cString)
ENDSCAN
\</TEST>

SET TEXTMERGE OFF
SET TEXTMERGE TO

cXml = FILETOSTR("cxml.txt")
?SECONDS() - StartTime

This version (removing .T. from textmerge only) has a timing of 9-10 secs.
Cetin

>>Hi Walter,
>>I tried your version and with repeated calls it has timing around 17-26 secs.
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>Hmmm, I think there are some other circumstances which make up the difference. Are you referring to Re: Side by side comparison (strings & local data) Thread #861648 Message #861698
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>My example seems to be about twice as fast as this when testing it with various cursor with different length and width.
>
>Can you put a SET CONSOLE OFF at the beginning (so it does not output the result to the display) and remove the .T. parameter from the TEXTMERGE(cString,.T.) and check the results again ?
>