Form does not consistently show data

Just a little background. I have a form and a subform. When clicking a link (a detail row) on the main form, a subform opens that allows the user to modify the details of the entry. An intermediate oracle table is used to store values as they are modified. I am expecting the values to be displayed on the main form after submit on the subform is clicked. I'm using a javascript event to submit() the forms and set a hidden value to determine whether the data on the form has been modified. If it has been modified I call different queries.
Now for the problem. I have debugging turned on <cfsetting showdebugoutput="yes"> and can see the update statement on the subform is correct. Manually querying the database shows the appropriate data in the tables. Returning to the main form and checking the debugging output shows the correct queries have run, as well. The issue is that the form does not always display the values in the form despite the query (apparently) returning the correct information. <cfoutput query="areaOutages" group="outage_no"> Sometimes the values are shown on the form, and other times not. I am having difficulty recreating the problem in testing.
I have messed with caching, moving queries around, etc. I'm at a loss.

Thanks for any help!