John,

Are you sure you need to go to all this trouble?

I honestly think that a PACK operation done with NO INDEX active (SET ORDER TO) will leave the records in the 'original' order.

Anyway, good luck and Merry Christmas


>Jos,
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>My tables all belong to DBC's but you have given me an idea.
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>1. Select from the original table into a non DBC (free) table where not deleted.
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>2. zap the original table
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>3. copy the free tables contents into the original table.
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>I am test a bit and see.
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>Thanks,
>John