>>Why do you think that should be any record selected?
>>
>>>I'm having trouble getting the correct syntax for this:
>>

	SELECT NoSerial_No, [No Descrip] AS StockNo_Des ;
>>>		FROM No_Serial WHERE NoSerial_Amt > 0 AND ;
>>>			NoSerial_No NOT IN ;
>>>		(SELECT StockNo_No FROM StockNo)
>>

>>>Although I'm not getting errors, the result does not contain NoSerial_No records which do not exist in the StockNo table... in fact the result is an empty cursor.
>>>
>
>Sorry, I don't understand your Q...

Maybe there're no records with positive NoSerial_Amt in the No_Serial table that are not in the StockNo_No table?