>>I have a combo box whose RowSource is SQL. The statement is as follows:
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>>SELECT DISTINCT Lookup.Type FROM Lookup INTO CURSOR csrType ORDER BY Type
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>>When I paste this into the command window, it works beautifully. However, when I run my form, the combo box is empty. When I press the Verify button in the Expression Builder of the control, I get the lovely "help" message: Syntax error. If there is a syntax error, why does it run in the command window???
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>>Anybody see what's wrong with this statement?
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>>TIA,
>>John

Thanks a lot everybody! Finally got it. I changed the field name from Type to Category, changed the ORDER BY to 1 and tried putting quotes around the statement (although I have done dozens of them without it). Nothing worked. So I deleted the control from the form and put it in again, with the table change in place. Works like a charm now.

I really appreciate all the help . . .
John