>When I leave a textbox linked to a canidate index, how can I come up with the "Uniqueness Violated..." right away after I leave the field? Because if I'm not mistaken, I think it waits to validate uniquness when it leaves the record. I suppose I could use the Rule instead, but how would that look? I can't safely put a seek in a rule on that table, can I?

Mike,

In the valid rule you can USE TheTableAGAIN ALIAS ValidateTable and seek in that. Just close the alias when you're finished.