>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.
>
>any help is appreciated

How are you deleting the record? By chance by clicking the delete column in a grid?

You still need the tableupdate() to send the delete back to the source table.