>>>Even though I can add, amend, and delete records in a table in a SQL server using SQL passthrough and can create a view too using an odbc driver to create a connection
>>>What I don't know is what the best way of having either of these as a record source in a grid, I would like to requery this grid at regular intervals, say one a minute
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>>IMO cursoradapter, as you do not even to look into SafeSelect technique to be used as a source for grids.
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>>llOK = caYourTable.CursorRefresh()
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>Actually wrong (writing this to myself as a note for the next time), the .cursorRefresh() and Refresh() and Requery() will all reexecute CA's .selectCmd as it was when the CA was instantiated, no matter what you set it to meanwhile. Only .cursorFill() will take the newly set .selectCmd and query using that.
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>BTW, if you've set the first parameter of .cursorFill() to .t. and the .cursorSchema is empty, it will not give you an error (you can catch it in .afterCursorFill(), if lResult=.f., with aError(), it will just not reopen the cursor.
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>And it does close and reopen the cursor, so safe select is still required, if you use a grid.

CursorRefresh need to uses a parameters .selectCmd. it not change the cursor file.