Sorry, Don ... I've never used a grid, so I can't help you at all with that. Maybe you should post this question in a separate thread and see if you get some responses.

~~Bonnie



>Thanks, Bonnie, I'll continue forward without use of the CurrencyManager for now.
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>Question: I have a grid using the Northwind Orders table as the datasource, which uses an incrementing Identity column. After successfully adding a new order record the only way I can get the grid or related text fields to show the new OrderID (@@Identity value) is to:
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>1. Click on the grid
>2. Rerun the query, then clear and reset the BindingContext for the grid.
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>I DO get the new OrderID back from the server after Inserting because I can click on the grid and it then updates to show it. So it is right there. But without CurrencyManager, how do I do this programmatically? I've tried many techniques over the last few hours. I quess I'm still thinking like a VFP programmer, and the disconnected record set commands are eluding me.
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>Any suggestions?
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>Don Meuse
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