Exporting the data of a table before deleting it work like a charm. Example : OUTPUT TO VALUE("C:\mytable.d") APPEND. EXPORT mybd.mytable. OUTPUT CLOSE. DELETE mybd.mytable. However, I've yet to make it work when using a buffer instead. The following export me an integer instead of the data deleted. DEF INPUT PARAM hlTableToDelete AS HANDLE NO-UNDO. ... OUTPUT TO VALUE("C:\" + hiTableToDelete:NAME + ".d") APPEND. EXPORT hlTableToDelete:HANDLE. OUTPUT CLOSE. hlTableToDelete:BUFFER-DELETE(). Which syntaxe is needed for command export to work and actually export the data of the buffer? Continue reading...