I thought there was a way to do this out of the grid (in the properties, Data tab), but as I did in my old project that my two bosses wanted me to throw away (it's zipped and stays with me), I will do the individual columns in the grid. Thanks.

Chuck

>>Understanding that I want to open the table and work with the table (from the grid) so that I can use the TableUpdate/TableRevert.
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>In that case a SQL Select woudn't work because its a readonly cursor. What you might consider is a local view. Although, the fact would do this to avoid the minimal amount of work it takes to set up the columns explictly, either at design time or run time puzzles me.