I am not sure how much performance will be gained by a database say half the size. Also I realy don't beleive in deleting anything. It would be more confusing with 2 discussion forums. I think I did wonders tonight, so keep an eye on it and let me know if you notice any improvement. I am showing a 30% improvement on cycle time on my side. If it is a bandwidth issue rather than CPU cycles then the slowness is because of high volume traffic. We have been busy lately. We are doing everything we can to increase speed. Keep filling me in.