>>>>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?

This is MS SQL Server. I am testing in the SSMS. I will add the aliases
Thanks.