>>I have 3 files, 1 parent & 2 child
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>>When I give statment like :-
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>>sele parentfield, child1, child2 from parent, child1, child2 where parent.code=child1.code and parent.code=child2.code
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>>It shows me double records i.e.
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>>if a parent record is having 2 child records in each file, it is showing me 4 records, instead of 2. (values are getting repeated).
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>>Any Ideas/suggestions ??
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>Try adding a "GROUP BY parent.code" clause to your SELECT statement.
select distinct. otherwise you'll see first rec child1 and first rec child2, first rec child1 second rec child2, etc.