>>>yup. Thanks.
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>>Also, you should not even try to PACK every time you delete a record. That would make everything much too slow. PACK should be done in a weekly or monthly maintenance job.
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>In addition, if you are in a multi-user environment, you would not be able to get exclusive use of the table, which you need to do a PACK.
I know. Yeah, I should definitely have mentioned both points.
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