> Thanks for you input Justin, > > But I think I need to find a workaround .... in a typical case of this page > the original list holds 30-90.000 addresses .... and the partial list > contains 0-90.000 addresses ..... needless to say that this query takes > forever... >
Hmmm... With that number of records in a text file its always going to be slow.... I'd be tempted to load the records from the text file into the database, which will take some time, and then write a suitable outer join query to get the records that aren't in your second table. Hope this helps regards Stephen ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists

