>>Ok, played around with that a bit and I've decided that I'm not going to try and do it in one SQL, but just try to get what I need with a second one.
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>>Initial result from first SQL:
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>>DATEFIELD1  DCONTRIB   DEFFECTIVE     FIELD1     NPREMPAID   NITDSURRAM
>>11/02/04    11/02/04   .NULL.          8500.00    8500.00    .NULL.
>>11/02/04    11/02/04   .NULL.         10800.00   10800.00    .NULL.
>>11/02/04    11/02/04   .NULL.         14100.00   14100.00    .NULL.
>>11/02/04    11/02/04   .NULL.         14796.52   14796.52    .NULL.
>>11/02/04    11/02/04   02/11/05       14100.00   14100.00    85164.30
>>11/02/04    11/02/04   02/14/05       14100.00   14100.00    85164.30
>>11/02/04    11/02/04   02/15/05       14100.00   14100.00    85164.30
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>>Need a second SQL to get this desired results (this is what I can't get to work right now):
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>>DATEFIELD1  DCONTRIB   DEFFECTIVE     FIELD1     NPREMPAID   NITDSURRAM
>>11/02/04    11/02/04   02/11/05       14100.00   14100.00    0.00
>>02/11/05    11/02/04   02/11/05       85164.30       0.00    85164.30
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>>Really what I need is DateField1 and Field1, but I thought it would be easier to show them all.
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>How you decide which records you want?
>From where DateField1 become 02/11/05?

Ok, good point. Since the 2nd table is non-normal, I really need a record created from the first occurance where there is a non-zero value in the NITDSURRAM field, or another record if that value changes to a another non-zero value.