If you want to 'touch' a table then really touch it i.e. change some field value in explicit way. Doing differently you open yourself (your application) to any kind of surprises. Btw, replacing values is extremely fast and efficient our days.

>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?
>
>>

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

>>
>>>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

>>>
>>>Thanks!