>>>I need to Select information from 2 tables and put the results into one cursor. I think I need to do some kind of subquery but I can't quite come up with the syntax to make it work. Here is what I need:
>>>
>>>I have one table which contains, agreeno(agreement number),dist(district number), begdate(beginning date) and enddate. I need the agreeno and dist where begdate<=date()<=enddate.
>>>SELECT DISTINCT agreeno,dist FROM agreemnt WHERE begdate<=date() AND enddate>=date()
>>>
>>>Then I need all fields from header.dbf for each dist selected above.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>Shane
>>
>>Suggestions? Just join header.dbf table to the same Select command (I guess you should have some fields linking two tables together).
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>This is what I came up with, let me know please if there is problem that I am overlooking.
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>SELECT * FROM header WHERE alltrim(dist) IN (SELECT alltrim(dist) FROM agreemnt WHERE begdate <=date() AND enddate>=date())
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>I had to put the alltrim on dist because without it FoxPro thinks it's short for DISTINCT.

Yes, it should work, but not so fast as normal joint:
Select Header.* ;
From Header, Agreemnt ;
Where Header.dist=Agreemnt.dist ;
And Agreemnt.begdate <=date() ;
And Agreemnt.enddate>=date()