> One solution would be to read it with no lock first, then CHAIN out to the 
> file for update.  If that chain > fails, read the next record.

Thanks Michael,  I dont want to go that way because this program deletes 
millions of records and I need to keep it as fast as possible,  that is why I 
am reading sequential and blocking records. The overhead of a chain on each 
record might slow it down considerably. 

But I will test it out to see if does return control on the CHAIN and post the 
results. 



Regards
Mauricio 

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