>>RECCOUNT() also counts deleted records!
>
>if you do not want the DELETED records than...
>
>count = 0
>use mytable
>do while !eof()
> if !deleted()
> count = count + 1
> endif
>enddo
>
>?count && your number of not deleted records

I think DO WHILE !EOF() is a lot slower than Mr. Shevchenko's program.