Neither.

SEEK    && or SEEK()
DO WHILE FOUND()
  SELECT <other alias>
  .
  .
  .
  DELETE
  SEEK    && or SEEK()
ENDDO

>I am posting this again cause I dont know where this message went and I am not ble to search it using the search facility provided by UT.
>
>What would you suggest is the right and fast method of the two:
>
>

>SELECT <mydbf>
>SCAN FOR SEEK(<expr>)
>   SELECT <otherdbf>
>   ...
>   ...
>   ...
>
>   SELECT <mydbf>
>   DELETE
>ENDSCAN
>
>                        OR
>
>SELECT <mydbf>
>SCAN WHILE SEEK(<expr>)
>   SELECT <otherdbf>
>   ...
>   ...
>   ...
>
>   SELECT <mydbf>
>   DELETE
>ENDSCAN
>

>
>Thanks in advance for any suggesstions