Hi Helen,
thanks for the response.
....

> >Comment. The only way I have found to do this so far is
> to take the >TIB_Query.EditSQL.text, insert into a
> TIB_dsql and use appropriately.
>
> That's exactly what the dataset does anyway.
>
> >Would be 'cleaner' to use the TIB_Query somehow, if
> possible.
>
> Exactly. But if you want to use a non-IBO grid, why not
> just use a TIBOQuery and its own XxxxxSQL properties
> directly?

The grid is not data aware so I initially did not considedr
this - looking at the two options the TIB_Query has much
nicer design time options. So I'll go with this and handle
the updates as above.

thanks
Paul