That seems like a good one. For that matter, I wonder if you could just say:

Update yourtable set field1=field1 where .F.

I wonder if it would still change the file's timestamp by just doing that?

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>Update yourtable set field1=field1 where Recno()=1 && replace field1 with the actual name

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>>Is there a way more efficient than this (assuming no records are marked for deletion in normal use, and that if zero records, then there is not need for the TOUCH)?

>>USE XXXX
>>If RECC()>0
>>  GOTO 1
>>  DELETE
>>  RECALL
>>ENDIF
>>USE

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>>Thanks!