On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 18:50:42 -0500 , Timothy Hoefner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >My question is simple but I've got to have the correct answer so that I = >may or may not win an argument with our DBA. > >Is it possible to programmatically delete automatic masters without = >deleting the associated details? > You could probably do this by using some combination of the HPF... file intrinsics, and bypassing the IMAGE intrinsics altogether. But .. your program will need SM capability to delete a privileged file, I bet.