John and Larry are correct (of course), but in addition having a table in the DE allows you to see it in the dropdown of available fields when setting the controlsource of a textbox (or other control), allows you to set the index and filter (if you REALLY want to use a filter), drag a field or entire table to the form in question and many other convenient programming tools built into the form designer.

HTH
Barbara

>When you put a table or view in the D.E., does that mean that the table or view is opened when the form is run, or is it just kind of a definition for the form to go by?
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>Thanks
>JD