>All fields are character.
>
>Table1 fields:
>
>aid
>aagcy
>adescriptn
>
>Table2 fields:
>
>bidv (same value as aid in table1)
>bname
>bvalue
>
>I want to join the above two tables and do the following:
>
>1. Create a single record for every distinct or unique aid record in table1 whether or not a match exists in table2.
>2. Include the fields: table1.aid, table1.aagcy, table2.bvalue
>3. If there is no matching record in table2, then I want to populate the bvalue field in the joined cursor with an empty string value ''.
>
>I am stuck on a simple sql statement which amazes me. I just can't concentrate today :o( Maybe it was the only 2 hours of sleep I got last night? :o)

select aid, max(aagcy) as aagcy, max(adescriptn) as adescriptn, ;
 max(nvl(bvalue, '')) as bvalue ;
 from table1 ;
 left join table2 on table1.aaid == table2.bidv ;
 group by 1

Cetin