>You can set validation rules for views, but not for free tables. There is no other way to get validation ruels on a record basis in grids that is bulletproof. That is one of the many reasons that I NEVER allow editing in a grid. I woudl give the other reasons I don't allow edits in grids but it would exceed the length of a UT message and I'd get in trouble with Michel :-).

Jim,
Thank you for your information. However I thing many users prefer direct editing in grids. Could you mention just 3 or 4 other problems that we may encounter in grid direct editing.