>>The South Park spin:
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>>"Variables are bad, Uh-kay? You shouldn't use variables. Variables go out of scope when you leave the event/method/UDF they are created in, uh-kay? Variables are bad. If you really need to bind control to something besides a cursor column, use form or other public object properties, children, uh-kay?"
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>What's Mr. Hat's take on all of this???

Don't know about Mr. Hat, but:
"Oh my God! My variable went out of scope! You b*st*rds!"