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HI John,

> is the existing data indexed immediately on creating the index?


Yes it is.

Of course the situation will depend upon your query and the metadata in 
question.

FYI,  if you use the Firebird specific "containing" keyword in your query this 
does not use indexes.

cheers

Gary


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