Having the row dynamically increase/decrease height makes things difficult for the user. They lose sight of the next column. Have a custom control in the column that contains a Textbox and command button. The Textbox would be editable. You'll have to keep track on the length in case it gets too long. If the user clicks the command button to the right of the textbox, a child window with an editbox is displayed.

>Hi everybody,
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>I have a SQL table where several columns defined as varchar(max). I want to be able to display this table in a grid and be able to edit it directly - inline.
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>I am thinking of how to approach this form. Should I display the first 200 chars in every column and when I click on a column, somehow have it expanded into an editbox?
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>Appreciate the ideas and also the idea of how to handle adding new records with this interface that will be convenient for the user.
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>Thanks in advance.