I am seeing some strange behavior recently wit the Grid Designer where is losing properties.  The scenario goes  like this:

• Add an SQL datasource to a page.  Simple SQL query, it is not hierachial.
• Add a Webgrid, datasource is set to SQL Datasource above.
• Go into the Designer, go to Band[0], bring up its properties.
• Got  property Base Table, set it to the table that is used in the SQL Datasource (FYI double and tripled checked it is spelled correctly)
• Go to another property, see the Base Table name in bold.  (note, am not changing anything on this other property, just doing so as a confirmation that Base Table is set).
• Click Apply, Base Table property still set and bold.
• Hit OK to exit from the designer, The Basetable Property is now cleared, i.e. set to nothing.
• Secondly I have gon to the aspx page itself, and tried to type the basetable name in the relevant section of the control declaration.  Again when the page is compiled basetable will "disappear" from the control tag.

I realize that better practicemay be to code the layout in the Initialize Layout, but this behavior appear to be so off that I am concerned that I may have a more serious issue.  At the moment, with this nbehavior, the quick design functionality is nonfunctional.  Note that while I have in the past had instance where grids lostt properties I have never seen this behavior where you simple can not get a property change to save. 

 Has anyone else seen this behavior?? 

Thanks in advance for all help. 

 Neil