>>John, if you re-set the record pointer (GO TOP, etc.) after the SET DELETED command it will take effect in the INIT as well.
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>>Barbara
>Barbara,
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>Actually LOCATE is faster than GO TOP in certain situations. It is because LOCATE is optimizable while GO TOP and GO BOTTOM are not.

Jim,
Do you mean you can use LOCATE without specifying a FOR condition? If so, where would the record pointer be after you issue LOCATE? At top, where it was? Just curious about this "new" feature.

John.