>>Then you PACK the table before you redistribute it to the customers :-)
>>That is an internal table so you could do whatever you want with it :-)
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>Ok, let's forget we're talking about this specific table.
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>How would you select a random record from any VFP table that may have deleted records in it?
The same way but before that SELECT into cursor and then use the cursor RECCOUNT() :-)
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.