>I believe this is a common reaction on UT and it is often the source of my frustation/reaction.

Thats why when making a suggestion you should really ask about that app. I see "Don't use filters in grids" and say, what if it works fine in that grid? In MY apps, the user can't edit the surrogate key, there's no reason to worry about updates. I'll bet in many others its teh same way.