>>>>>Does it make sense?
>>>>
>>>>You need a simple LEFT JOIN, e.g.

>>>>select Cust.ID, Cust.Name, T.Descr as TypeDescr
>>>>from Customer cust LEFT JOIN Types T ON Cust.Type_ID = T.Descr

>>>
>>>I tried it. LEFT JOIN creates a query where you have as many records for each record in CUSTOMER as there are TYPEs. Didn't work for me.
>>
>>Something doesn't make sense here.
>>
>>If type_ID in the Customer table is an FK and Type_ID in the Types table is primary key, then LEFT JOIN should only bring one row per customer with the type description.
>>
>>May be Type_ID is not the primary key in the Types table?
>
>Correct. See my reply to Rob.

I saw the reply. So, which one of the descriptions per "type_id" do you want? Why do you allow duplicates in that lookup table? Sounds like a bad design.