>>PACK requires exclusive use of the table, which can be a problem in a multiuser system. It also recreates all of the indexes.
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>>The best way I have found to handle these housekeeping chores is Stonefield Database Toolkit, they advrtise here on the UT.
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>Will Stonefield safely get rid of records marked for deletion? Yes, it appears all roads lead to Stonefield on this issue. Just what my AppDev instructor said too!
Bob,
Yes, Stonefield has a pack method.
BTW, who was your AppDev instructor? (I teach for them too).