Greg - i just read the blog without repeating table (http://www.infopathdev.com/blogs/greg/archive/2005/07/06/Create-a-Cascading-List-from-a-Flat-Data-Source.aspx). this is exactly what i'm after but having trouble applying the filter on the year button......i have texbox field called 'QuarterField' under the main data source (under myFields). and ...