>>There are a number of reasons why running the select directly in Access may appear much faster. 1) You are probably running it locally so there is no costly transfer of data between servers.
I'm running the CF app locally also, so the difference does not come from connexion time. Anywa, the result is just a 2 lines message. >>2) In my experience, Access spools the data behind the scenes and only loads in the records which are visible Of course, and there is nothing extraordinary there : ALL database systems work this way. They will get the records only when needed, and ODBC also has also been designed in that purpose. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:320269 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

