I guess, I switched tables around: table1 is Table 2 and table2 is Table 1 in your message.
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SELECT t1.projectid, ;
>      t2o.oecname AS OwnName, ;
>      t2e.oecname AS EngName, ;
>      t2c.oecname AS ConName, ;
>  FROM table1 t1 ;
>   JOIN table2 t2o ON t1.owner = t2o.oecid ;
>   JOIN table2 t2e ON t1.engineer = t2e.oecid ;
>   JOIN table2 t2c ON t1.contractor = t2c.oecid
>

>>I have two tables as follows:
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>>Table 1 has two fields, oecid and oecname. For example,
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>>MCOR1985..... 3M Corporation
>>ABBL1991..... ABB Lummus
>>BLAC2130..... Black & Veatch
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>>Table 2 has a multiple number of fields of which I am concerned with the following four: projectid, owner, engineer, and contractor. The owner, engineer, and contractor fields contain an 'oecid'.
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>>I want to be able to pull out the projectids whose owner,engineer or contractor 'oecid' matches an 'oecid' form Table 1. In addition, I would like to convert the 'oecid' in each of the owner, engineer, contractor fields to the corresponding 'oecname'.
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>>I hope this makes sense! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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>>Thanks in advance for your help,
>>Russell Clendenon