Mark,

>What I am tring to accomplish is a search/lookup function. The user inputs a last name, say 'SMITH', and if there is more than one match (and with this last name there are, of course), he must select from a list of further details such as SSN, account#, etc... I realize there are other methods in which to accomplish this task that don't require a large browse window, but this is the method our users are already familiar with, and I would rather not make the task more difficult after they 'upgrade'.

Well, Anything that is used for lookup should be implemented within a VFP table for performance reasons. If the lookuptable changes quite often, you can use SQL server's replication feature to update the VFP lookuptable trough ODBC. Within VFP you may want a incremental search withing a grid.