>How can I create a field via SELECT that will identify the record as deleted in the original table (r1)? This is my SELECT but del1 comes up false regardless of the record's original status.
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>select r1.system, r1.rtp_id, trim(r1.st_name) + " / " + trim(r1.termini) as st_name_a, r1.lead, ;
>r2.rtp_id, trim(r2.st_name) + " / " + trim(r2.termini) as st_name_b, r2.lead, ;
>r3.rtp_id, trim(r3.st_name) + " / " + trim(r3.termini) as st_name_c, r3.lead, ;
>deleted() as del1 ;
>from rtp_projects r1 ;
>left join rtp_projects r2 on r1.rtp_id = r2.parentproject ;
>left join rtp_projects r3 on r2.rtp_id = r3.parentproject ;
>where (r1.parentproject = 0 or isnull(r1.parentproject)) and ! isnull(r1.st_name) and ! isblank(r1.st_name);
>order by r1.system, r1.st_name, r2.st_name, r3.st_name
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>Thanks

Make sure you have SET DELETED OFF.

However, the real problem is that you are selecting data from several tables. deleted("Table1") won't work either, because Visual FoxPro will do the equivalent of USE...AGAIN when opening the tables.

I think you must SELECT from one table first (including the deleted() status), and then combine the resulting cursor with additional tables. (Don't forget to include NOFILTER in the first query.)