>>>>>I tried to reply earlier but as you know the system has been down.
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>>>>>I tried using Insert-SQL and it did insert a new record but still would not insert the parent.key_id (using the value command/arguement).
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>>>>>--lincoln
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>>>>You should collect key from parent table or generate new value in a case of new parent record. This value will be used in INSERT...VALUES()
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>>>If you use INSERT, will the record pointer of the grid change automatically to the inserted record? If not, how do you know the Recno(), especially in multi-user-environment (There could be a new record after your's)
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>>Insert will set pointer to new record.
>>Why should i know the recno()? If new record will be added by another user, it will get new recno() automatically, what's problem you see here?
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>If the pointer is set to the appended record, indeed there's no need to know the recno(). But if not, I wanted it to GOTO (newrecno()).
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>Thanks,
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>Angelika Lautz

Ok, it set it, so it's Ok. However, if for some reason you lost the record, note that you generated/inserted primary key value, so you can alway double-check by SEEK newprimarykeyvalue