>>how is an efficient way to tell if a table has no active records.
>>
>>thanks, brenda
>
>SET DELETED ON
>COUNT TO nTotal
>IF nTotal=0
>...
You should have and index tag on DELETED(), example...
INDEX ON DELETED() TAG ISDELETED
Having this will greatly increase performance if you have SET DELETED ON in your app.

Assuming you have done this, you could...

found_deleted=SEEK(.T.,'yourtable','ISDELETED')

or conversely...
found_active=SEEK(.F.,'yourtable','ISDELETED')

//:^)