>>Nope. I tested with two tables this morning. As long as I select what I need from each with 'deleted() as ldeleted' code into intermediate tables, and then join those, it works just fine.
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>Post this select, please.

The point is, it's not just one select. For example:

Select field1, field2, field3, field4, deleted() as ldeleted1 ;
  from table1 into cursor1 where field1 = x
Select field1, field2, field3, deleted() as ldeleted2 ;
  from table2 into cursor2 where field1 = x
select a.*, b.* from cursor1 a, cursor2 b into cursor3 where a.field1 = b.field1

Now do whatever with cursor3 using ldeleted1 and ldeleted2 if necessary.

Even with the intermediate steps, as long as it's optimised and I don't have to worry about a deleted() tag, it's fast.

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>BTW,
>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1153291979688&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

You think they can help my SQL problem? ;)