Hello David,

I appologize for sending this item to you directly, but I appear to be out of options. You have been more than helpfull with my questions in the past and I find myself stuck on an important issue to which I have recieved only one response. That response basically indicated that I can not do what I want to do. If you would take the time to review this issue and give me the benefit of your experience I would sincerely appreciate it.


Here is the mission; should you choose to accept it...
I have five tables open in a DATA ENVIRONMENT for a form, 3 that are linked to each other and 2 FREE TABLES. The two FREE TABLES should be irrelavent here. I want one of the 3 linked tables (SALES) to control two other linked tables (SALE_LINES and PURCHASE_PARTNERS) in that environment.

sales.sale_id is a Primary index
purchase_partners.sale_id is a Regular index.
sale_lines.sale_id is a Regular index

In the data environment I have set the FILTER for PURCHASE_PARTNERS to purchase_partners.sale_id=sales.sale_id purchase_partners information is displayed on the form using typical controls; nothing unusual. This information is filtered properly and appears as expected in the form.

In the data environment I have set the FILTER for SALE_LINES to sale_lines.sale_id=sales.sale_id. sale_lines information is displayed in a grid. The expected entries in my sale_lines grid appear correctly only when the form is first loaded. When I SKIP+1 in the sales table then grid simply shows no entries. If I SKIP-1 in the sales back to the original sale then the correct sale_line information for that sale is displayed in my grid.

The sale_lines table filter does not seem to be changing as the sales change.

I have spent 3 hours trying all the usual stuff, including:
- removing the tables from the data environment and readding them
- forcing the filter to update after my: SELECT SALES, SKIP+1, by doing a SELECT SALE_LINES, SET FILTER TO SALES_LINES.SALE_ID = SALES.SALE_ID
- checking the Help files
- swearing
Nothing has helped. I am now baffled. This can't be a limitation of VFP. A VFP table must be able to control two other tables in the same database using the filter command.

Idea's???

The most reliable way is to use parameterized view/cursor instead. Grids don't like filters (you can find some workaround to apply filter to grid, but it's really unstable).
Edward Pikman
Microsoft MVP/MCP - Visual Foxpro
C/S Specialist, Information Technology, BMI
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