>Sergey
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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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>Thanks
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>Colin
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>>Again, what the problem is?
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>>>I am trying to reconstruct a grid and need to add 1 field from a table that is in use by others - why must I have exclusive access? - I am not modifying the table
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Instead of using real table you can use a cursor for the grid. Are you making changes in the table or just viewing the data?