Thanks John. I didn't know that modal forms inherits the DS of the calling form. This now makes more sense though since I was "reopening" some of the tables (eg. contract table) again in the modal form's DE before running the SQL-SELECT

>Change the DataSession to Public in the modal subform.
You mean Default right?

Anyway, I think I can take over from here. Mighty thanks for your help!
John.

>John,
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>A modal form run from a form with a DataSession set to Private "inherits" the calling forms data session. Therefore, the tactic to use is: