Hi Alan,

> I have no idea what you base this on.. I've done your little

experiment and

> I find absolutely no difference between the two openings.
> I placed a datagrid/datasource on the form just to be sure.
> I assume that you are not confusing the speed of clientdataset

opening once

> with connection is made OTOH with a connection not made on the other.
> I did this over and over first one way then the other, each time

ensuring

> that both the clientdataset AND the connection/database components

were both

> set back to not active/not connected.
> No matter which one I did first followed by the other - both came up

almost

> instantaneously.

Measured or observed?

> I used employee gdb and the employee table.
> Alan