>

SELECT MAX(RecNum) FROM BldMstr INTO ARRAY laTemp
>lnNextRecNum = laTemp[1]
>SELECT MAX(RecNum) FROM DoNotProcess INTO ARRAY laTemp
>lnNextRecNum = MAX(laTemp[1],lnNextRecNum) + 1
>

If tables are open shared issue FLOCK() before SELECT just in case and UNLOCK after.

Unfortunately, this would not work, because I'm using Table buffering...