>>>>>Thank you William.
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>>>>BTW, there are other ways to get the same information, but this one is the simplest to remember.
>>>
>>>"Simplest" is very subjective and depends upon how one "grew up" with SQL. I think the pre-VFP9 version

>>>SELECT * FROM Table2 WHERE date IN (SELECT MAX(Date) AS Date FROM Table1)

is simpler to remember. I will accept that the more "modern" code is "better" and may run faster, etc. but simpler, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
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>>The code above is not correct.
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>>When I was coming home I was thinking I should write a FAQ on this topic since it's a commonly asked question. I thought it through, but I don't think if I can find the time to actually do this.
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>"The code above is not correct."
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>How so? I get the same results as Borrislav using the sample data provided. Could you show me conditions where the results will differ?

I meant here, that for date fields you usually don't use IN syntax, you use DATE = (...) Other than that, it's fine.