Just another idea. Could you select the data and then delete it from the table. The data would then have to be persisted in memory or perhaps a different table. Once the process is complete and want's to make the data 'visible' again, it would then restore it to the original table. :) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]