Sean,

S> A sweep affects all current connections (superserver) while the sweep is
S> running.

S> A sweep affects only the current connection (classic) while the sweep is
S> running.

unlikely, unless you have a CPU per connection. And even then, an
engine working on a database while it is being sweeped will generally
suffer from a performance drop.

Ciao
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Nando Dessena
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