>I think I read somewhere that if a table contains more than 10% deleted records it's really worth packing it.
Sure, the more deleted records there are, the more time VFP will lose in some operations.
This might justify counting the deleted records - but another option is to just make a habit of packing once a month or so.
OK, I think you are right. It can be worthwhile to have at least an approximate idea of the number of deleted records in the larger tables, to define your packing strategy.
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