>Table_buffered recordsource...
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>Ahah...and what is *that* when it's at home? (I thought this would be like just addressing the texbox.value)
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>I tried doing a SUM tablename.fieldname, but I think I'm getting all screwed up with SELECTING the correct table, which knocks the table management out of kilter.
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>Too bad about not talking to the grid directly... I do fine by displaying just the textbox.values for a bunch of things in other areas...and the underlying buffering (which to me...is sort of a black box) seems update the tables OK.
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>--- L

Buffering should work Ok for grid too. What's the problem you have? Table buffering is natural choice for grid.recordsource, though not the only one (personally, I don't use it, but this is another story :-).