Thanx Nancy but 'no go'. I didn't think it through. Obviously ISRLOCK will only work when a record is locked and the only time a record is locked using OPT ROW BUF is the split second when it is being written.

I would like an ISOPEN or ISINUSE or something!

Any more ideas???

>Good luck!
>You see why RLOCK was messing you up? It actually get's the lock. Good lock...er...luck!
>
>>Hi Nancy.
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>>That certainly sounds right. I knew it had to be doable. I will try and and get back to you.
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>>Thanx!
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>>>Aha! You want you ISRLOCKED() I do believe!