>The control source is v_vendors.fk_catid (Foreign key linking the category id to the Vendors record)
>
>The row source is v_category.category (the category name)
>Bound to = .t.
>Bound Column = 2
>
>Whenever i tried to have the row source as category name, primary key from category table - I received an error message.

What is the error message? If you can not make fields to work, you can try any other RowSourceType. All types should work OK.