>>>>Do you have fields in each table named the same? If you do alias them. I am confused as to what you are asking.
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>>>>If you are joining them the record will have results from both tables merged into one unless you are performing a left outer on one table that may not have children records linked to the main table.
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>>>Can you please explain what you mean by "alias them? ". I think this could bring me to the solution. Thank you.
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>>Table1.Field1 as myField1, Table2.Field2 as MyField2
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>I am confused, he is talking about rows not columns. is that right?
I was just explaining what Michael meant (could not resist the temptation).
As for the original question, I asked it on another forum, I think Michael's solution is as much as we can get.
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