>>My other problem is that I want the top combos to act as a filter. I am not sure about best method to filter the grid's recordsource based on the selections I made.
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>>I'm trying to use SET FILTER expression, but it looks like I have to define my filter as a character and use
>>set filter to &lcFilter
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>>Am I right?
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>Yes,
>That is better, if you do not want to use "save" select or parametrized CA/View :-)

No, can not use it here, since rsHolds is already a cursor obtained by SQL Pass Through and made updatable.