Hi Tom,
Sorry for the confusion. I am not changing the subject.
Yes I agree with your initial finding that Editing via default or popup, refreshes the query list.
What I am trying to achieve is (see screenshots)
Step 1.

Clicking on Edit_Popup
Step 2.

Clicking on link 'Employee_Search', opens up the search screen, type in 's' or 'b' on the lname field and click Search
Step 3.

It will then display a 'result' where the user can 'PICK FROM', select any Employee and press OK.

*** The VALUES are not returned to the screen (as seen on Step 2) (refresh issue ??)
*** Pressing 'SAVE' will give you an error saying another user has updated the data and that you need to refresh it.
*** Clicking the 'REFRESH' icon on the query actually shows the UPDATED data.
BUT using the EDIT_Default link works.
Appreciate your feedback and help in this matter.