>>>>>>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.
Now you are knocking my design; I am going to unfriend you :)
But seriously I see that I have a problem that I need to resolve.
Thank you.
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