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>>>>Blanking the record would remove any data that might be pulled in a select. She doesn't want the information in that record, so blanking the record is kind of a belt and suspenders approach. If she has some code that turns set deleted off, she could get unexpected results. Also, some people let others have access to their tables from VB or other products and the data could be reported there because that app might not know how to handle the deletion marks, etc.
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>I am just curious, in what manner would you access VFP tables from another product that wouldn't "understand" deleted records?
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>Joe

Not so much not understanding deleted records, but not have a set deleted on/off.