>hello,
>I want to ask when is the suitable time to issue PACK for the non-stop Internet Applications?
>or once I mark the record as deleted, then pack the table immediately?

First, you have to test the ability to get exclusive use of the table, and then you can PACK. If using Web Connection, there are features that can help. The UseExclusive() function performs the test. Also (if using WC in COM mode), you can briefly throttle down the application to a single VFP instance thus assuring that when your PACK request comes in, there won't be simultaneous hits being processed. Of course, you also have to make sure the table isn't open somewhere else within the instance running your hit.

-- Randy