The '*' in the field list tells a query to return all fields from all joined tables. You have to prefix it with the table name if you want to return fields from that table only

SELECT invitempost .*,design.description FROM invitempost
  INNER JOIN design ON invitempost.descode = design.descode

>I am a bit familar with SQL queries, but the Foxpro twist is causing me a few headaches.
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>I would expect the following query to give me a list of all fields in table a and 1 field in table b, but it renames any of the fields in table a with an _a that conflict with names in the joined table even though I am not questing them.
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>SELECT invitempost .*,design.description FROM invitempost INNER JOIN design ON invitempost.descode = design.descode
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>I don't want to specifically list the fields from table a that I want because there are easily 100 fields in that table and I plan on using this sql statement in many areas and don't want to constantly have to update them. I am sure there is an easy answer.....
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>-Randy