>I've done the following since VFP7 and it has always worked. Now it sometimes doesn't. The error I'm getting is that the first column doesn't exist where prior to the RecordSource being set to '' it did.
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>1. I set up my grid (including columns, etc) without a recordsource (almost all of them are this way)
>2. I have a populate method on my grid to be called that executes a query that sets up the sorting etc and attaches the recordsource to the grid.
>3. In this Populate method, I do the following:
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>

>this.Recordsource = ''
>{Execute sql statement here}
>this.RecordSource = 'MyCursor'
>
>{reset Controlsources for Columns}
>this.Refresh()
>

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>Now most of my grids still work, but I'm having a few that refuse to follow. I've checked everything to ensure that the problematic ones are setup the same as the ones that work. No differences except columns. I'm trying to avoid redoing the problematic grids.
>
>TIA
>
>Richard

Hi Richard,

It's really strange, that your message appears exactly on the second day when the same problem appeared on the Russian forum http://forum.foxclub.ru/read.php?29,228240,page=all

No solution suggested there, unfortunately.