>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.).

Yes, I do have the deleted cascade down to the child tables and they are all buffered to 5. I issued just tableupdate(.t.) without transactions It still won't obey the delete command. When I go back into the app the deleted record is there. :(