>>Jaime,
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>>Besides what Neil has suggested you can also use a "safe-Select" approach for your grid. To do this you establish a cursor with the CREATE CURSOR command to be the record source for your grid. Then when you need to refresh the data you can;
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>>SELECT ... FROM ... INTO CURSOR MyIntermediateCursor
>>SELECT MyGridCursor
>>ZAP
>>APPEND FROM DBF("MyIntermedaiteCursor")
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>>This prevents the grid from losing its setting whenteh cursor is blown away by the SELECT SQL command.
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>Thanks Jim. I don't think ZAP will do it though, it's multiuser...
In Jim's suggestion, the myGridCursor would be a local one, so you could Zap it since there are no multi-user issues involved.
Another alternative might be using parameterized Local Views.
hth
-Stefan