>Thanx Man
>That's an excelent idea.
>
>Ok one small question
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>what if i want the person to edit the records in that grib via a small form or a page on a pageframe .. ?
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>how do i know which record in the view is the actual record in the underlying table. ?
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>Thanx .

You may include RecNo() into SELECT statement so you will know which record they want edit. After they finished editing the record you have to execute SELECT... again to update the cursor.