So I was right in thinking it would be * :)

Select * from Xtable t1 ;
   where id = ;
  (select min(id) from xtable t2 where t1.foreignkey = t2.foreignkey)

The implied grouping is perfectly legal (at least to SQL server and VFP versions I know)
However I don't use view designer at all and don't have an idea if it would accept or not (I explicitly add force clause to 'disable' designer).
Cetin

>The basic idea is to return the first item of every group of related items from a given table. So you need to determine which ones are first of a group, then get the entirety of those rows.
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>I'll give your construction a try, I'm not sure if VFP 9 will accept the implied grouping but its a good idea.