andrew,

My opinion would be that 4 joined tables with 50 columns opening in 6
seconds would be faster that "sprightly."

hth

ed

andrewgarner@... wrote:

> My 'larger' queries take from 2 to 6 seconds to open (2 to 4 joined
> tables, 20 to 50 columns). A few of these soon add up to a slow start-
> up.