> Huh? If I'm understanding you correctly you'll end up with rows in > order, but with a really big hole in the middle of the table. I'm not > sure if that qualifies as "clusters". That's why he said vacuum when done. Anyway, I'm not sure that a big *contiguous* hole in the middle of the table would matter as much for queries, because most rows would still be close to each other--most queries would pull from one side or other of the hole, and even for those that didn't, it would be one seek across the hole, not seeking all over the place? -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice