Dixon,

D> It was apparently this AssignFile call that was causing Win98 to be
D> so slow loading the database. I moved this cfg file to the local
D> client, and instead of using the alias, I used the full datapath and
D> voila!!! It works. Or at least it seems to.

I have a vague recollection of similar problems in the Read procedure
of Delphi's RTL. If I were you I'd switch to TStream just to be sure.

And, as someone else pointed out, sharing the database folder is not
exactly a great idea.

Ciao
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