> > >> First , regarding the original q. - read about using updatable views > >> you will have the advantage of using a cursor with the added advantage that you changes can be updated in the parent tables automatically > >> > > > >> as for the subclassing a grid column you can do it easly - the setback here is that it has to be done in code and not visually > > > >You call that a setback? > >Chanah Tova. > > > >Marc > > > >. > > if i may butt in!? has VFP foster the loss of KISS > principles? You do not mean Komplicated It Sounds Super, now do you? or are the no longer being taught? > 10-12 tabbed forms blows my tiny mind! and if he > were on-board, im sure Codd would be doing loops. > a word of advice from the dinosaur: SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY, > SIMPLIFY. it has long been my understanding that that > was what object & component(functional) development > was all about! > my $.02 worth..... It's so refreshing to hear something that make sense. The funny thing is KISS in then original sense is out. THEY DO NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT, is the only problem my friend. my 2 BEF. Marc .