>>do you mean that even though you had an index on DELETED()
>>a (e.g.) LOCATE for DELETED() and ID="somevalue" is not fully optimizable??
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>Excatly, the infrastructure of Visual FoxPro 3 and 5 has changed. This is a major change by MS which almost no one was aware. I just found that on my 6th systems in Visual FoxPro.
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>There is no need for that tag anymore. No more SET DELETE ON or LOCATE & SCAN on high volume tables.

I got the msg on SET DELETED - but what you are saying here is much more important
you say the locate is not a rushmore optimizable command anymore
this is not very good to say the least

Arnon