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					Originally Posted by  davidfor
					 
				 
				I'm updating up to four fields.  I have made the suggested changes and I'm down from about 40 seconds to 19 seconds for my test cases. The foreground version is still a few seconds quicker, but, I think the difference is the overhead of setting up the job. 
 
Thanks for the help. 
 
@PeterT: I have put a version in the usual spot for you to try. It will only work with the new db engine. 
			
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 Somewhat quicker; 1:38, however no progress bar during the update; just the "blue circle I'm busy" calibre mouse pointer.