Hi,
They are initaiated from the client whenever the form is opened, Then the
sharepoint list is queried and the data at that point is used. If the
sharepoint list is updated after the form is opened then the data connection
has to be requeried to get the latest data.
also look at the link below
http://www.infopathdev.com/howto/tutorials/default.aspx?i=7bc880f391b84ea9b3b45c
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> I have a infopath form that uses a secondary data source to retreive a list
> of contacts from a sharepoint list. Are the queries to the Sharepoint lists
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> Thx.
> RS