Friedrich wrote, >How can I make sure, that the sequence of records stored in a TI detail dataset, corresponds to the >time, when they are entered? > > I do not want TI to reuse the space of a deleted record, but to add the new entry at the end of the set. It depends on the definition of the word 'sure' and what you intent is. If the intent is for performance reasons you do not want the disk IO associated with reusing a deleted record then simply enable the HWMPUT feature in DBUTIL, or better yet programmatically by: * THIS TURNS ON HWMPUT DYNAMICALLY! CALL "DBCONTROL" USING DBNAME, DBDUMMY, MODE9, DBSTATUS. If the intent is to be 100% 'sure' that DBGET returns the records in the exact sequence that they were originally added then you have to add a time date stamp or a sequence counter. I prefer to read and sort on this field over specifying it as a sort item on a path. But this choice is highly application dependent. Even if entries are originally added at the High water mark it is very risky to rely on this sequence for mode 2 DBGET for future sequential retrieval. Other applications may be added later that are intended to 'fix up' fields that DBDELETE & DBPUT entries. Mike Hornsby Beechglen Development Inc. Enterprise Solutions & Support www.beechglen.com 513-922-0509