>I have another proposal if indeed the sys(3055) doesn't cure the problem. Bad bad VFP6.0.

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>
>Here's the workaround
>instead of
> THISFORM.grd.recordsource = m.tsql1 + m.tsql2 + m.tsqlx + m.twhere + m.torder + m.tinto
>
>create the cursor by executing the SQL select
>* create you commend line as a string
>lcSql = m.tsql1 + m.tsql2 + m.tsqlx + m.twhere + m.torder + m.tinto
>* then execute the command.
>&lcSql
>set the THISFORM.grd.recordsource to the cursor name you just created.
>And maybe have the column properties reinitialised if needed.

Don't think that will work, because lcSql will be a string that exceeds 254 character :( But thanks for the thought!