Sorry, I don't use SQL server myself, so I can not give you any more help. But if there is some automatic requery going on, you should also be able to control this.

>Since the interval is quite long - actually somewhere between 30 seconds and 1 minute, this involves quite a bit of waiting :-))
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>Nothing happens in the debugger, btw, it's fixed on Read Events, and that's it.
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>I'm working with remote views against SQL Server - again, no requery is issued, but could there be something there anyway?
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>>When this happens, does the text reappear when you move the form around?
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>>>Yes, I imagine so as well. But not -as was suggested- with a timer. I don't have a timer on the form.
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>>>
>>>>This is not default behavior, you musr have something else going on which causes this.
>>>>
>>>>>9.0 SP2
>>>>>
>>>>>Whatever happens happens before Valid / Lost focus because it seems it does not happen once the control loses focus.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>What version of VFP are you using.
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>>>>>>>From the screen during edit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Write something, put your hands in your lap, wait a few (10 - 15 maybe 20?) seconds.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Text disappears.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Can you clarify what is happening...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>- Is the data disappearing from the screen during the edit
>>>>>>>>- or disappearing from the table after clicking Save
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>A user recently complained about data she had entered suddenly disappearing during edit.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I initially dismissed this issue as a fluke but was convinced when I saw it happen myself.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>SET REFRESH does not seem to apply and there is no code (that I am aware of) that would trigger this behaviour, so I'm puzzled.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>TIA