Ted writes:

> > It took me a little while to understand what you were asking, but I
> > eventually deduced that RECNO is a data item in an IMAGE database.
>
> With due respect, sir, I think Michael is referring to the 32-bit IMAGE
> record number (see DBGET mode 4).  If he builds a list of these record
> numbers now and does a DBGET mode 4 followed by a DBDELETE on
> those numbers sometime with in the Atmarian month, can he be
> assured of deleting the correct records?

There is an easy test to determine which interpretation of Michael's question
is correct. If Michael can see something like the following when he types in
the FORM command in Query, then my earlier interpretation and comments are
correct:

               RECNO,
               LAST-NAME,
               ENTRY-DATE,
                   .
                   .

If RECNO is not a visible dataitem, but rather is military slang, in the same
fashion as CINCCOMNAVMAR, for a list of record numbers, then Ted is right.

At the moment, only Michael knows for sure.

Wirt Atmar