>If the grid is bound to a table or view, you can directly reference the fields in the table for the validation since the table will already be in synch with the grid.
>
>

>if alias.field2 < alias.field1
>  ** invalid, please re-enter
>endif
>

Don,
If the tables are buffered, the values may NOT be the same. I know John said they weren't editable, but there still may be programmatic changes. Better to use the ....ColumnN.value format.

Barbara