Ooops David ---

Here is a transcript of a similar problem with a great workaround by Jim Booth in July. Jim, as always, came up with a great workaround:
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>>Hi, could someone please remind me how to overcome the limitation of 255 characters in the RowSource property of a grid when using an SQL statement.
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>>Thanks in advance
>>Petras
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>Petras,
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>You could run the SQL in the form's Load event and set the grid to rowsourcetype of alias and put the cursor name in the rowsource.