>PMFJI, but have you tried setting the modal form to 'default datasession'? This tells it to use the datasession of the calling form, (not the 'real' default datasession) and may solve your problem.

Up until now, I have done all my VFP work with default datasessions. Now
I'm experimenting with keeping all my forms completely independent of
one another, and I like the results, mainly.

One problem I found with using default data sessions in the kind of
scenario I mentioned is if the second form uses base tables in
buffered mode. When you start the first form (with the view), these
tables are unbuffered; on return, walla, they're buffered. This caused
update conflicts up the wazoo, although I found a good solution.

Anyway, the long and short of it is that the problem is "fixed" simply
by closing the base table before the requery on return from the second
form. I'm not happy, but at least I get to keep using private DSs. :)