>I have two tables: tCredit and tDebit. Each has three fields: cust_id1, cust_id2, amt. Want to produce a table that has cust_id1, cust_id2, credit_amt, debit_amt.
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>There are cust_id1/cust_id2 records in tCredit that are not tDebit and visa versa. So they would have 0 in the non-matching amount field.
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>I tried a FULL OUTER JOIN but could not get the cust_id1/cust_id2 to have a value for both the tCredit and tDebit non-matches.
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>Thanks
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>Brenda

Try using the NVL() function in the Amt fields. When the two don't match, a NULL value is returned. You can use NVL() to return a 0 in those cases. See help for more info.

Ex.
select nvl(.NULL.,0) as 'NewColumn' from MyTable && returns 0

HTH.