>Yes. Nothing works. I checked the underlying cursor table. The blank record with the parent key is also
>present there. I am using private data session. Any hope ?

Is Grid.RecordSource pointing to the cursor?
Is Grid.Column.ControlSource and Grid.Column.TextBox.ControlSource pointing to the cursor?
Is Grid.Column.Bound = .T.?
Is Grid, Column and TextBox ReadOnly = .F.?