>>Hi,
>>but the record no. is not equal to the row no. I want to display row 1,2,3,4,5,6....
>>the record no. may be, 2, 4, 10,1,8....
>>
>>Derek
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>Right, I understand and I didn't suggest to use recno(). I suggested to add number in the underlying cursor. One of the ways would be to do it after the fact, e.g.
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>select fields, cast(0 as int) as RowNumber from myTable into cursor curGrid readwrite
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>replace RowNumber with recno() in curGrid all && this will add 1,2,3, etc. numbers to the cursor

Why would you want to do that when there is recno()? Why don't you suggest, is there a reason? Even if one wouldn't use recno() because of something like indexed view along with 1,2...100 numbering then why would you ever want to add to source another column, you could use an auxillary cursor or array.
Cetin