>>>>You should be able to ignore Value and ListIndex for this one...
>>>Thanks much! The definitions in help were rather circular so
>>>if you don't understand one, you don't get the others ;).
>>
>>Well, for completeness' sake, Value is the current value of the
>>BoundColumn, and ListIndex is the number of the current item in
>>the list, counting from the top. DisplayValue is the value which
>>is currently showing: if BoundColumn is 1, DisplayValue = Value.
>
>Now why don't they just say that in the first place?? ;^) Thanks!
>
>Mandy

I agree. I've never understood the BoundTo's relation to the ListIndex untill now. We almost always use integer keys and have fought this same battle. I set the BoundTo to True and Bound Column to the primary key.
Lots of tial and error.