>Jim,
>It doesn't appear to have any blank or deleted records. I guess I'll try a delete for fieldname = ' ' and then a pack & try again.
>
>Thanks,
>Jane
>
>
>>Jane,
>>
>>In the vfp5 table are there any blank records, any deleted records that have the same key as other records?

Don't do that! DELETE FOR fieldname='' will delete ALL records. Try DELETE FOR EMPTY(fieldname).