>I use buffered (optimistic table buffering). When a record is deleted, need I issue the following?
>
>begin trans
>tableupdate(.t.)
>end transaction.
>
>I sometimes get "Someone else is using the record...." error message when I know I'm the only user. Other times the record is not deleted at all.
>

You need a TableUpdate(), but you shouldn't need to wrap a transaction around it. If you have RI rules that force other records to be deleted with it, the RI code should include the necessary transactions. So try it with just TableUpdate(.t.).

Tamar