Hello Marcia

Yes !! This is the standard in all my forms since 3-4 years.
at init: thisform.l_cursor = "orderrecords"

all search buttons do:
Thisform.grid1.recordsource = " "
l_sql = "select ........ "
sqlexec(connection,l_sql,(thisform.l_cursor))
Thisform.grid1.recordsource = (thisform.l_cursor)

Until now there were no problems!!!
This is my first try with VFP 8.0
I'll try your suggestion, but changing all my forms would be endless work.

Thank you
Albert