>>>I have a primary index (ordernum) on a table (orders).
>>>
>>>If I delete record ordernum=1 then try to add a new
>>>ordernum=1 I get a message stating that the uniqueness
>>>of primary key ordernum is violated. Is there any way
>>>to make the vfp5 ignore deleted records when adding a
>>>new one with the same key?
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>>You would have to add the NOT DELETED() filter to you primary key
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>>- Brian
>
>Brian,
>If you are bound and determined to reuse a deleted primary key then just RECALL it (which undeletes it) and condition the fields in the record to 'new' condition before displaying the entery screen.
>JLK

OOPS!
I forgot to add that I wouldn't do what I suggested above if this key could possibly have had parent-child relations in other tables. That gets to be a real mess unless the child tables have been packed.