Claude, look up GetFldState() in the help. It can tell you if a record has been deleted before you do the TableUpdate()

Alan

>I have code like
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>DELETE NEXT 1 FOR pireq.creqno = lcReqNo IN pireq
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>where table pireq is on a server.
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>Can I use the TABLEUPDATE command to check if delete was successful? I so can I use the sysntax
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>llTableUpdatepi = TABLEUPDATE(.T.,.F.,'pireq')
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>If not what can I do?