OOPS! Fingers typing too fast for the mind. Just went and checked and I use a COUNT as well. Good luck.


>Thanks for the reply Bruce. This is basically the type of approach I ended up settling on. A word of caution though, I'm using COUNT instead because RECCOUNT ignores the status of SET DELETED.
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>Re alphabet soup: A friend of mine applied this one to me and my wife DINKS (Dual Income No KidS) Worth a chuckle :-)
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