>In general, it is a good practice to have a tag on deleted() records.. There
>are times when this rule, like any rule, should be left at the door...

John, can you back up this statement with query times, or are you just operating from conventional wisdom? The examples I've seen recently lead me to believe that the good practice is not to have a tag on DELETED() as a general rule, and only to include it when the specific application calls for it.