>Patrick,
>
> The first thing I would try is to blank the rowsource and set it again in
> code after you populate the table and before you issue the Requery for the
> listbox.
>



Jim -

thanks for suggestion. that didn't work, but i was able to punt
in this situation. i just added a dummy placeholder record to
the rowsource table and it works ok. i just hope i don't get in
the situation where i absolutely need it to work !!

thanks,
patrick