You can still apply the same technique with VFP, but you must be careful not to blank any primary or candidate fields.

HTH

>In FP2.6 apps we used to recycle records by making them empty (scatter memvar blank, gather memvar) and using them again when in need. In some small apps (single user) we marked records for deleted and did a regular pack.
>Does anybody know what is wishdom in VFP to do with records deletion and reuse of records (we are also thinking what implications for possible client/server apps would be.