>>>>I want the count of the table to return empty even if it has
>>>>records mark as deleted. reccount() ignores set dele on.
>>>>any ideas?
>>>
>>>How about COUNT FOR NOT DELETED() TO lnRecCount?
>>
>>COUNT will move the cursor to the end of the table.
>>If you don't want he cursor to move, you could use also:
>>
>>SELECT Count(*) FROM MyTable WHERE Deleted() = .F.
>
>Take note that SELECT will not work for tables on table-buffering mode.

True, but you can set buffering off, SELECT, then on again...