>>>Just a few thoughts.....
>>> GetFldState should work on the table therefore applies to all users. (but I have had problems with it in the past)
>>> If the record in question was marked for delete than recalled it will still show up as status changed.
>>> If the first number is returned as 2 then it could have been triggered by a edit also.
>>> Deleted() could be used.
>>>Correct me if anyone disagrees..........
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>>I have run test after test with two sessions of foxpro and GetFldState returns values based on the edits made in the current session only. Does any one have a reliable way to check the deletion status from disk when a table has record buffering enabled? Curval() returns the value of a field from disk, there should be some way to return deletion status from disk.
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>Dan, I haven't tried this, but you could load 2 copies of the table in question. The first is used for editing. When you wish to check the delete status, USE MyTable AGAIN... and check the record in question with DELETED(). Slow, but accurate as of the time you do the USE...AGAIN command.
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>Interesting problem...
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>Barbara

My curiosity was aroused.....
I added two buttons to an existing form one to check GETFLDSTATE the other DELETED(), ran two sessions of this form, navigated to the same record on both and deleted the record with one of them.
When the buttons were clicked on the other form deletion status was 1 (unchanged) and was not marked for deletion (returned .f.)
I think this confirms what Dan has been saying. (BTW buffermode=2, datasession=1)