DB connection times

[Richard Gaskin]

Dr. Hawkins wrote:

 > As a rough, from a fast link at home (10Mbs?), it takes "several"
 > seconds for the series of transactions it takes me to open a client
 > table, compared to "a second or two" on my desktop (which hosts the
 > server) on a good business link.

Local DB performance like that makes a good case for working with text 
files. :)

How many records are in there?  Complex indices?  What could account for 
so much time to connect locally?

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