>>>I seem to keep getting syntax errors if I try to use WHERE and JOIN ON in the same SQL query. Can you use a where clause in an SQL statement that is written as a JOIN, or do all the "WHERE" conditions for both tables have to be in the ON clause?
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>>>Does anybody have a "personal favorite" suggestion for an advanced SQL tutorial / reference?
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>>>Thanks very much.
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>>I routinely use JOIN ON syntax to relate tables with a following WHERE clause to filter the results using fields from one or more of the joined tables.
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>>The best thing I've seen is "Taming Visual FoxPro's SQL" by Tamar Granor with Della Martin. It's available as an Ebook from Henzenwerke Publishing, http://www.hentzenwerke.com/.
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>>Regards,
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>Thanks very much. I wonder if it's the positioning I'm doing wrong. A statement like:
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select a.field1, a.field2, b.fieldfromb ;
>where a.field1="X" ;
>from table1 a ;
>inner join table2 b on b.somefield=a.somefield

>gives me an error, but if I change the statement to
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select a.field1, a.field2, b.fieldfromb ;
>from table1 a ;

Right, the JOINs have to happen before the WHERE clause AFAIK.

Regards,
>inner join table2 b on b.somefield=a.somefield and a.field1="X"

then the error goes away. ????