Jim,

I too took the App Dev class last spring. Dave Anderson was the instructor. Thought the class was excellent as he took great pains to point out how to get the job done without getting too much involved in strict theory.

I don't know if I'm supposed to say this, but he did mention, oh maybe 1 or 2 spots in the courseware (designed by you) where a better example could have been used. But I did find the courseware very helpful also.

PF

>>>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!
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>Bob,
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>Yes, Stonefield has a pack method.
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>BTW, who was your AppDev instructor? (I teach for them too).