I recall having something similar - it was associated with using a view and not realising that the underlying tables are not closed after the view is created HTH

>>I have a table that just switches to a "Read Only Control". Does anyone have any thoughts about why this could be happening, and how to prevent it.
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>>And also, how to make it updatable?
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>>thanks,
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>>ray
>How/where you using the table when this happens?