Hi Helen,

>>you should use the BeforeInsert event to assign values to your
>>fields. The AfterInsert event occurs _after_ the record has been
>>inserted on the server.

> No, this is not correct. Nothing gets posted to the server until Post is
> called. AfterInsert happens immediately after the dataset goes into dssInsert.

Yes, you are right.
I must have been thinking about triggers and writing about dataset
events :-/


Christian