>>SELECT * ;
>>   FROM nonConf nc ;
>>      LEFT JOIN car_misc cm ON nc.car_id = cm.car_id ;
>>      LEFT JOIN car_extension ce ON nc.car_id = ce.car_id
>>   INTO CURSOR car_temp

>
>Worked as advertised. Thanks for the explanantion. I was just cutting and
>pasting the code from the query designer without really examining it too
>closely.

My pleasure. :-) You could probably get the nested form to work by switching it around, but this is easier, IMHO.