Philip,
Why not just check for EOF()? If the table is empty or only contains deleted records, then EOF() returns .t.

>In certain circumstances I want to send the record pointer to the blank record before EOF so that blank fields can be displayed (they will not be editable) without having to add a blank record. I am doing this by using the command GO BOTTOM followed by SKIP 1. I first need to check whether the table is empty because if it is SKIP 1 will encounter EOF.
>I was going to use reccount() to tell whether the table was empty or not but reccount() includes deleted records. I don't want to pack the database just to find out whether it's empty or not. Is there a simple way of detecting whether the table is empty or not?
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>Phil.