Thanks for the suggestion, but that didn't do it either. It happens during a refresh of another field. Please see my last post for the detailed code. Any other thoughts appreciated.

>Place SET TALK OFF in the Load event and see if that helps.
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>Ron
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>>I am using a private datasession and I am aware of the datasession scope issues with some SET commands. This is why I put SET TALK OFF in the DE.BeforeOpenTables. I'll give your solution a try for now and keep digging as to the cause. Thanks for the insight.
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