If you set Column.Sparse to .F., the combos will display instead of the numbers.

>Hi Mike,
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>That's why I ended up with fruit_Id being display in the grid column, instead of the fruit description. Do I have to set any relationship between these two tables?
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>>I'd point to grocery.fruit_id.
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>>Hi Mike,
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>>Yes, my cbmo_fruit is displaying the right data. In my grid column, do I use the controlsource to point to fruit.fruit_desc? Right now, I have the column pointing to grocery.fruit_id instead.
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>>Thanks