>Dan,
>I do use related tables Parent (Header) to Child (Page)
>I'm "on the same page" seeking a cleaner process than
>Parent contains totalpages and each child a page number.
>Generating a page number for a new child is simple (C.page=P.totpage+1)
>and P.totpage increase, but if a PAGE (child record) is deleted, well...
>Page numbers cannot be reassigned. totpage .GT. actual-page-count
>
>Anyway, I'd like to hear the answers given to you Ed B

Now in VFP, I can see placing a lot of the required code in the RI but in FP for Dos ... I'm not sure.