> > > Could you do the updates in batches instead of trying to do them all at > once? Nope. Didn't think it would make any difference. > > Have you done a vacuum full on this table ever? Many times > > What hardware? > I have a dual CPU opteron with 4GB of RAM and 8 disks in RAID 10 (SATA). > Doing an update on a 5 million record table took quite a while, but it did > fininish. :-) I am using a laptop :). Pentium 4 (not 4M) with 1GB of memory - 2 MHZ Must do it on that since the program is aimed for use at home. Jonathan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.4/351 - Release Date: 05/29/2006