>Harry,
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>If the transaction logs don't automatically expand, then you'll have to delete the rows in chunks. Contact your friendly DBA for this database and see what their preferred methodology is for massive deletes like this.
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yes, thanks for that. My one remaining question though, is what do I have to do to get meaningful error messages within Foxpro that might have pointed me in that direction earlier? It was only when I ran the cold fusion script that I began to get an inkling of what was going on.