> RECNO D/F CONTENT > 7 edit record > 8 edit record > 9 edit record > -1 append record > -2 Y delete record > -3 append record > -4 append record > note that in the above, D/F is 'delete flag' > > My problem is that I simply cannot make sense of the tabular content, given > the description. Can someone please take the time to explain it to me? this is an example of how a buffer look - with table buffering on after record 7-9 been edited 4 records were appended and one of them was deleted Arnon