I have a list box in a container on a form. The rowsource type=2 and rowsource=sos (sos is a cursor that holds distinct(ordernumbrs) range from 1 to 5 records. actualy I have 4 of the same type list boxes pointing to 4 different cursors. The list has no code, list for viewing only. Everything was working fine. I DID NOT TOUCH ANY OBJECT OR CODE associated with this container or the cursors. Now I am getting an error that says the database can not be accessed. It does exsit and there is data there. I have the same container pointing to the same data same name same everything in a different program that still works. If i change the name of the cursor and change the rowsource to the new name (stupid) everything works like before. Duh