>Good point. We try not use "delete for" for that very reason except during end of day processing when no one else is in the system. While there are possibly hundreds of thousands of records, only 10-100 will match the actual criteria (e.g. de_sysnum = 13609).
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>Thanks Sergey. I've been known to overlook the very obvious at times so I thought I'd post it and look for better alternatives. I appreciate your help (as always)! :0)

Glad to be of help (as always). :)