Alright, so, for starters, your forum here is great and I have learned a lot and have searched EVERYWHERE and read EVERYTHING POSSIBLE in order to try to figure this out.

What I have going on:
I have a database with 2 sharepoint linked tables. One is the base data "Person", the other is the status "Status", only used when needed (i.e. someone inputs a record in a form object that relates to that table)....