>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have been struggling with the following issue.
>>>
>>>I will start with the SQL Select that works:
>>>

>>>select * from work_his join eq_file on eq_file.id_number = work_his.id_number and eq_file.site_no = 8 
>>>

>>>
>>>The above selects records from the table WORK_HIS. No problem.
>>>
>>>Now I want to add a WHERE so that only more recent records are selected. Here is the SQL Select:
>>>

>>>select * from work_his join eq_file on eq_file.id_number = work_his.id_number and eq_file.site_no = 8 
>>>where cast(DATE_CLOS as date) = ( Select MAX( cast(DATE_CLOS as date)) from work_his)
>>>

>>>
>>>That is, I added the WHERE to the above SQL Select. Now No records are selected.
>>>
>>>What am I missing?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>Maybe ALL Date_Clos field are NULLs?
>
>I checked. There are not. But I will double check.

Aside boring *, try to alias your cursors, as usual

select * from work_his AS Cur1 join eq_file  AS Cur2 on Cur2.id_number = Cur1.id_number and Cur2.site_no = 8 
where cast(Cur1.DATE_CLOS as date) = ( Select MAX( cast(Cur3.DATE_CLOS as date)) from work_his AS Cur3)

else it is not clear where the field belongs.

Also, please care to mention if this is VFP SQL or?