>Hi Terry !
>
>The append from command copies all records including the deleted ones. Check the help file on this command. Here is some of it ...
>
>From the VFP5 help file:
>APPEND FROM
>
>"Arguments
>
>FileName Specifies the name of the file to append from. If you don’t include a file name extension, a Visual FoxPro table and a default extension .DBF is assumed. If you are appending from a Visual FoxPro table, records in the table that are marked for deletion are appended, regardless of the SET DELETED setting. "
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Pierre Richard
>16320@ican.net

Thanks Pierre,

I am using FPW2.6 for this one. I didn't see that same limitation in the FPW2.6 help file, but, it must be true for FPW2.6 as it is for VFP5.

Thanks,