>>>>The solution was as following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>if reccount("MyCursor1") > reccount("MyCursor2")
>>>> select MyCursor1.* from MyCursor1 LEFT JOIN MyCursor2 on MyCursor1.ID = MyCursor2.ID INTO MyCursor3
>>>>else
>>>> select MyCursor2.* from MyCursor2 LEFT JOIN MyCursor1 on MyCursor1.ID = MyCursor2.ID INTO MyCursor3
>>>>endif
>>>>>>>
>>>You realize that with this solution you don't really combine records, you end up with the cursor having most records.
>>>
>>>Unless, of course, ID field is not unique in these cursors.
>>
>>The ID is unique. And you are right. There is a flaw in my flaw in my approach. I wonder if use FULL JOIN if it works then.
>
>You can use FULL OUTER JOIN with NVL(FirstCursor.Field, SecondCursor.Field) as Field approach. Or use the solution with UNION ALL and LEFT JOIN with where IS NULL.
>
>I'm not sure which would perform better.
Thank you. I got both of your messages. I will play with different approaches and see which one works better for me.
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