Thanks Evertjan,
Unfortunately for me, the task that I have been given is to write a Dataflex addition to a massive MSQL system and the MSQL files are read only to me. This causes me quite a few problems. This particular problem was that although I could read the data that I needed, I was not allowed - by the sytem creator - to create an index on the server and although they have 15 indexes on this table, none of them were suitable for speedy finding.
A temporary index and Vfind seems to have solved the problem for me (at least for now)
Thanks for your input.
Kind Regards
David