>True.
>
>Reccount() for ! Deleted
>

RECCOUNT() is a function - there is no FOR clause available. It does behave by querying the header.

>
>>Wouldn't it be nice if reccount() provided NON-deleted record counts!
>>
>>>Forgive me if I've missed something in there, but doesn't RECCOUNT() look at the table header and return the number of records?
>>>
>>>Help says the value returned isn't affected by set deleted or set filter. So the implication is that despite your tableupdate() updating the table properly, the records are still there and are still counted.
>>>
>>>Or did I miss the point completely?