>>I've read warnings about using the PACK command to delete records.
>
>I have too, never heard about them actually happening though.
One easy way to avoid problems is to:
SELECT * FROM sometable WHERE !DELETED() INTO somecursor NOFILTER
SELECT sometable
PACK
*** If the PACK was successful, release the cursor.
*** Otherwise either delete the table and copy the
*** cursor to it or ZAP the table and append into
*** it from the cursor.