>Hi Jim
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>>Thanks. I undertand the error when I use This or ThisForm in a procedure/function, etc. But within the RowSource of a combo of a form, well that sure feels like I'm 'within' the form to me.
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>Maybe, but the SQL Engine which is what you are calling to compile the query isn't! That's the root of the problem.

I understand. But I'd say the real root of the problem is that the VFP Team has chosen to let this situation be rather than to address (correct) it.

I know lots of VFP's nuances and this one had eluded me. Documenting the situation in appropriate places would at least give people a fighting chance.