I would avoid them for reasons of separation, but that might not be such a big issue if the application is small. ... I haven't used data aware controls for about 2 years now, all objects and messages. It's true that sometimes you can't do all of the things you can do with unbound controls, but it depends on whether you need those features or not. Cheers DAVID CREELMAN Senior Software Engineer Cochlear Limited 14 Mars Road Lane Cove NSW 2066 Australia Ph. 61 2 9428 6243 Fx: 61 2 9428 6287 Email: dcreelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.cochlear.com "Vivienne Awford" <ivl@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: vdug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 22/08/2002 11:39 PM Please respond to vdug To: <vdug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: [vdug] Bound controls or not? Is this still an issue? In the old days, bound controls were thought to cause problems by issuing table-level locks instead of row-level locks, and there is (was) added "flexibility" with unbound controls. But have RDBMSs, and Delphi itself moved on enough for performance considerations to take a real back-seat such that unbound controls are just a productivity nightmare? Look forward to your feedback?. Vivienne ============================================== "The information contained in this e-mail message may be confidential information, and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by return email and delete the original message."