Your routine will NOT solve the problem described in this thread, because the grid will lose it's contolsource, that's the whole point with my routine.

>Hi Tore,
>>please read my answer to you where I gave the solution!!! Sql select into a temporary cursor, select the cursor linked to the grid, ZAP it and append from the temporary cursor.
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>In versions>=8
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>sele cursor
>zap
>Insert into cursor (Fieldlist) Select FieldList From table Where lcFilterBed
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>should be a better option as it also keeps the cursor open, for vfp6 the syntax is not supported AFAIR.
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>Regards
>
>thomas