Use Outer Joins instead of the WHERE clause. Check Help for the syntax. You will have .Null values for the fields that correspond to blank fields in your InvHead.

HTH
Barbara

>In the following example, how can I avoid record filtering (discarded from query results) when InvHead.SalesNo or InvHead.CourNo are left blanked ?
>
>I have the following tables:
>
>InvHead: (InvNo, InvDate, CustNo, SalesNo, CourNo)
>InvDetl: (InvNo, Item,Qty,Price,Disc)
>Customer: (CustNo,Name,Address,Phone)
>Salesmen: (SalesNo,Name,Address,Phone)
>Courier: (CourNo, Name Address, Phone)
>
>My SQL stament is:
>
>SELECT InvHead.InvNo, CustNo, InvDate, Item, Qty, Price, Disc, Customer.Name, Salesmen.Name, Courier.Name ;
>FROM InvHead, InvDetl, Customer, Salesmen, Courier ;
>INTO TABLE Temp ;
>WHERE InvHead.InvNo = InvDetl.InvNo AND ;
> InvHead.CustNo = Customer.CustNo AND ;
> InvHead.SalesNo = Salesmen.SalesNo AND ;
> InvHeadCourNo = Courier.CourNo ;
>ORDER BY InvDate, CustNo, InvHead.InvNo