so, I solved this problem. My data provider was a query returned by a remoting call created like this:
<cfquery name="qry2" dbtype="query"> SELECT TABLKEY, TABLFLD FROM application.udf.getalldropdowns WHERE TABLID = '010' ORDER BY TABLFLD </cfquery> <cfset queryaddrow(qry2,1)> <cfset querysetcell(qry2,"TABLKEY","")> <cfset querysetcell(qry2,"TABLFLD","")> <cfquery name="qry" dbtype="query"> SELECT * FROM qry2 ORDER BY TABLFLD </cfquery> <cfset retval.COUNTRIES = qry> I did it this way so I could always have a "blank" item in the dropdown.... The solution was to change the second querysetcell line to be the following: <cfset querysetcell(qry2,"TABLFLD","- not selected -")> For some reason, the blank item caused every 5th label to disappear for no apparent reason. This seems like a bug. What's the address to report flex bugs to? Rick -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/