>If I put it in the INIT of the Combo, that doesn't seem to work at all. In the INIT of the form, same thing. LOAD of the form. Nope. Where do I put it so when the form comes up, the combo is populated with the SQL cursor? The SQL is too long to work in the RowSource, so I need to use Alias instead.

I like to put it in Requery and then call Requery from Init (though based on things you said downthread, you might need to wait to call it later).

Tamar