Hi David,

Thanks a million....in the load event of the form, after I set the filter on the table not associated with the grid, I issue a select statement for the cursor the grid is associated with and all is well.

You wouldn't have an explanation for this would you?

Thanks again,

Paul

>Paul,
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>Is it possible you've changed what table is currently selected at the time the grid instantiates? Filtered grids are HORRIBLY slow it's much better to use parameterized views instead.
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>>I have a grid that one of the columns is based on a memo field. I like the default of putting 'Memo'(with a capital M)in the field if there was data in it and then 'memo' if not. I have a weird thing happening. I added a filter statement to a table (which is a different table than the grid is based upon) in the load event of the form and then the word 'Memo' is replaced with as much text of the memo field as will fit. As soon as I remove the filter statement from the Load event then the grid cell will show the word "Memo" again. I have been racking my brains on this one and have no idea what to try next.