>>>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.
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>Need a second SQL to get this desired results (this is what I can't get to work right now):
>>>
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>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?
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>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.
But in your desired result first value of NITDSURRAM is zero?
Also I don't see any record that begins with DATEFIELD1 = 02/11/05
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