Don't you have a development copy of the data?

>I am opening VFP9 - opening the form and trying to alter the grid manually
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>>Are you adding the column to the grid in runtime or in IDE?
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>>>I have a grid on a form - the grid uses a table called Collections - this table is actively in use by users of the system and I am not in a position to take the system down to give myself exclusive access - without this exclusive access I cannot add another field for the Collections table to the grid as I get Error #1705
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>>>Is there any way of modifying the grid without having exclusive access?
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