...anything for a fellow 'Adams' :-)

>Irv,
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>Thanks! That worked like charm.
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>I puzzeled though. It has been my experience that when I predefine my columns in a grid, doing anything to the grids RecordSource property was taboo! (i.e. the grid forgets everything about its predefined columns and data connections.)
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>Maybe someone could help me understand this a little better. I would greatly appreciate any information on when you can and can't safely touch the grids RecordSource.
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>Thanks again!
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>Don