Since it only takes 5 seconds locally, it can't be a index issue or an optimization issue.
Are the temp files set to local client disk? editwork=c:\temp sortwork=c:\temp progwork=c:\temp tmpfiles=c:\temp ________________________________ From: Sytze de Boer <[email protected]> To: profox <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:35 PM Subject: Speed I'm losing my mind over this At a client site, they run a report which can take 30 mins to generate, over the network When they run it on a local pc, it takes 5 secs Without boring you with all the details, essentially, the following code makes up the report *trcask4=a date *trcask5=a date Select Date,stockcode,stktype,invnum,qty,ttlamount,disc,ppb,cost,Desc, "H" As SRCE From winhst Where Between(Date,trcask4,trcask5) Union All; Select Date,stockcode,stktype,invnum,qty,ttlamount,disc,ppb,cost,Desc, "I" As SRCE From wininvs Where Between(Date,trcask4,trcask5) Union All ; Select Date,stockcode,stktype,invnum,qty,ttlamount,disc,ppb,cost,Desc, "J" As SRCE From wintime Where Between(Date,trcask4,trcask5) Into Table (myfile) The Winhst file has about 500,000 records The other 2 less than a 1000 combined There seems to be a big difference in time if no-ones else has logged into the app from a different workstation Can anyone suggest a way to make this go quicker? -- Kind regards Sytze de Boer Kiss Software --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cag1nny9wanj6+ep2rnckboj9lcghc+hho92wny4phwajjjz...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

