>>>>This thread is nice example what buffering used once may involve later. I guess now, it would be good idea to open table in another area USE...AGAIN and COUNT there. New records in buffer can be counted separately (if necessary) for negative RECNO().
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>>>Ed, I haven't checked this, but if you USE...AGAIN will it include records in the buffer of the original USE... ?
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>>>Barbara
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>>I've never tried that dreadful situation, but I saw that Dave Johns advised this idea for buffered tables, so I believe he tried.
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>Instead of doing any extra work, why not just keep a counter
>of the records. Start with reccount() prior to data entry and
>then use add or subtract to this counter while still in
>buffered mode to keep track of the number of records.
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>Dan

This thread is too deep to be practical, but just think how your suggestion would work in multi-user environment.