COUNT TO nRecords FOR NOT DELETED()>first part did it
>>set deleted on >>count to nRecords >>>>or
>>set deleted on >>select count(*) from myTable into array laCounts >>?laCounts[1]>>
>>>use table1 >>>if reccount() > 0 >>>... >>>>>>the only problem is that this table could have a deleted record, very hard to use excl and pack and i want reccount() to only work with non-deleted records, is there a way to do this?