Hi, to get the item being displayed in the combo box u use something like

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rstEmployee!FunctionId = cboFunctionId.list(cboFunctionId.listindex)

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Please check if the datatypes for the FunctionID and the value being returned from the combo box are the same. As i find from ur post that you are adding the item as FunctionId & Description. Please do check this out. I am available at [email protected] for further queries if any.

All the best...vijay