>Erik -
>
>Once again, thanks for the reply. I picked up a lot on your last message. I feel I am getting close!!
>
>After reading your reply, I have a few questions that revolve around the actual setting of the parameter.
>
>First, let me quickly give you background on what I am trying to accomplish, so that my question will make more sense.
>
>I have an "orders" table and an "orders_detail" table and a "products" table. I went to the view designer and created a p-view, using the orders_detail and products table.
>
>My WHERE command in my SQL statment for my view now reads:
>WHERE orders_detail.norderid = ?lnorderid
>
>The purpose of the view is so that when I am scrolling through records on my "orders" form, my view (extended_price_detail), which is a grid, will be updated with the appropriate product information for each new record.
>
>
>OK
>
>
>The code for my init event of my "orders" form is as follows:
>
>LPARA tnOrderID
>
>IF TYPE("tnOrderID") = "?"
>lnorderid = tnOrderID
>ELSE
>RETURN .F.
>ENDIF
>
>REQUERY("extended_price_detail")
>__________________________________________________________
>
>My question is, what do I set the variable to so that each time I scroll to a new record on my "orders" form, my grid (p-view) is updated properly.
>
>This question is directly related to the following line of code:
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>IF TYPE("tnOrderID") = "N"
>
>Would "N" be "THIS.Value" ??? or a range of numbers, such as 1 -999,999,999,999?
>
>I can't set the paramter to a specific number, b/c the view has to be updated for every record that I scroll to. This question is slightly embarrasing, but honestly I don't know what to set the parameter to for the grid to work in harmony with the rest of the form.
>
>TIA for any additional comments
>
>Jason

You'll need to save the orderid to a form property and reset the variable each time you requery; the initial variable goes out of scope as soon as the init event finishes.

The type of the parameter must match the type of the field; if someone passes in a character string, you've got to convert it to a number.