In VFP, deleted records remain in the table until you issue a PACK. So, the index will continue to see the deleted record. IMO, you're *MUCH* better off using a view or SQL SELECT to get at the data.


>Hi All,
>
>I'm tutoring myself w/ VFP6, plan to go to VFP9 later this fall.
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>As of VFP6 (my release, anyway), indexes created w/ the UNIQUE keyword were still problematical -- i.e., if an indexed record is deleted, the index is not updated to reflect the next undeleted occurrence of the unique value. Has that been fixed since VFP6? If not, what's generally the best way to create a searchable set of unique values from a
>table? Or am I stuck w/ creating a view and then indexing the view?
>
>TIA,
>
>-mark