>>>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')
>
>//:^)

Larry, do you really assume that I don't use/know about DELETED() tag?