Yuri,

What I really need is to use Syntax 2 for LEFT and RIGHT JOINs, but be able to join over 10 tables from Syntax 1.

Is this possible?

TIA

Rex

>In some cases you can use UNION to achieve result similar to JOHN.
>
>>All,
>>
>>When creating SQL code in VFP, you can use one of two syntaxes:
>>
>>

>>Syntax 1.:
>>   SELECT ;
>>      Table1.Field2,;
>>      Table2.Field3 ;
>>    FROM ;
>>      Table1,;
>>      Table2 ;
>>    WHERE ;
>>      Table1.Field1 = Table2.Field2 ;
>>    INTO CURSOR SQLType1
>>
>>Syntax 2.
>>   SELECT ;
>>      Table1.Field2,;
>>      Table2.Field3 ;
>>    FROM ;
>>      Table1 ;
>>    INNER JOIN Table2 ;
>>      ON Table1.Field1 = Table2.Field2 ;
>>    INTO CURSOR SQLType1
>>
>>

>>Type 1 allows the user to combine many more tables then Type2, but Type 2 allows the user to easily join tables in various ways (LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, FULL JOIN etc).
>>
>>Is there a way to combine the two syntaxes?
>>TIA
>>
>>Rex