I bagged the select into cursor route I was taking and tried the use again with a different alias. Then I created some index tags to a temporary file. Like you said, the index file didn't automatically delete when I closed the new alias. I tried to use a delete tag all command to try and get rid of it, but since my original table isn't opened exclusive, it won't let me get rid of the tags. Is there a better way to clean up these extra index files, and if not, how can I check to see if the indexes exist before I add them. In other words, once I run my new routine and create the tags, it does great. If I do it again, it tells me the tags already exist and do I want to replace them. I'm trying to get rid of this prompt and clean up the mess.

Let me know if you have any ideas.

Thanks for you help,
Russ