what's the fastest way via ADO?
a table with a primary key and two indexes.
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Where are the 10,000 records coming from?
Why do you limit your question to "via ADO"?
Is your data stored in a Jet (aka Access) database?
Is your application using Access, or some other software/language, as the
"front-end" to your database?
What key and index information is in the 10,000 records? Both?
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP