I have a set of three table I would like to join (I intend to produce a report and want to have only one source table for the report). Here is a mock-up of the three tables
TABLE: MAIN
PK date desc.......................etc.
1 d1 desc1
2 d2 desc2
TABLE parts
PK FK pno pdesc
1 1 p1 pdesc1
2 1 p2 pdesc2
3 2 p3 pdesc3
TABLE tools
PK FK tno tdesc
1 1 t1 tdesc1
2 2 t1 tdesc1
3 2 t2 tdesc2
4 2 t3 tdesce
I want the result to be
PK date desc pno pdesc tno tdesc
1 d1 desc1 p1 pdesc1 t1 tdesc1
1 d1 desc1 p2 pdesc2
2 d2 desc2 p3 pdesc2 t1 tdesc1
2 d2 desc2 t2 tdesc2
2 d2 desc2 t3 tdesc3
Keeping in mind that this is VFP8..........
I can, if necessary, get this result using xBase coding, but I'm hoping (even though I haven't figured it out) that there some SQL command (or sequence of commands) which could produce the desired result. (The repeated values for date and desc could be blank)
Thanks for any and all suggestions...........Rich