Combo Box with RowSourceType of SQL Must Result in Cursor

 Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
Article ID: Q131121
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

If the RowSourceType property of a combo box is set to SQL-Statement, the actual SQL statement in the RowSource property must result in a cursor, not an array. For example, if the RowSourceType property of a combo box is SQL-Statement, and the RowSource property contains this command: 

   SELECT DISTINCT REGION FROM CUSTOMER INTO CURSOR TEMP
the unique regions from the customer table are displayed in the combo box and a cursor named TEMP is created

If the SELECT statement creates an array instead of a cursor, the combo box displays data from the first field of the currently selected table. If no table is currently selected, a syntax error displays.

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

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Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
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