Good idea. Thanks

>>I have a large table that I need to count the number of records on a regular basis. I was using - Count to nRecords - but it got to be too slow. So I created an index on Deleted() and am now using the following code. It is now instant.
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>>Does anyone see a problem with this? TIA
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>>Set Deleted Off
>>Select TableName
>>Count To nDel For Deleted()
>>Goto Bottom
>>nCnt=RecNo()-nDel
>>Set Deleted On
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>There will be an incorrect nCnt if there is an ORDER set on the table (GOTO BOTTOM may not put you on the last RECNO()). You can replace the
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>GOTO BOTTOM
>nCnt = RECNO() - nDel
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>with
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>nCnt = RECCOUNT() - nDel