>>I have parent form with child records in a grid. If I delete a record in the grid (with code in a command button), issue a successful tableupdate... The record disappears from the grid. However I can still edit the record (in the child edit form) till I move the record pointer of the child
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>Thats because teh record still exists, its delete flag is just on, and you have to be able to access deleted records somehow. So the record is visible until you move off of it.

Yeah but I thought SET DELETED ON would prevent that. Then if I wanted
access to it I would SET DELETED OFF.