>at the command window (i am using VFP6), if i sql custid,custname,comments into array atemp, i can see that atemp(3) contains the memofield data. i change the rowsourcetype to 5 but still can't transfer the its data to column3 of the grid. column3 contains a editbox already. the memofield contains the given tour itinerary by the provider. i need to transfer this info to the grid column so that the user can edit the itinerary for packaging to inward bound tourists. is there anything else i could try? tks

What's the ControlSource for the Column/EditBox? The problem may be there; the field could be too small, or of the wrong data type, or may be read-only. How are you updating the ControlSource? Is the record pointer on a valid record for the table/view being updated?