The reason you got all the records is because your JOIN criteria is the same as your filter [WHERE] criteria. If you changed to WHERE Fab.equip_id = ?nEquipID and store the value of the ID you want to the memvar nEquipID you would not need the alias.

>I have found a slightly obscure (at least to me) problem with parameterized views.
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>I had a view :
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>SELECT *,equip.eqno ;
> FROM fab LEFT OUTER JOIN equip;
> ON Fab.equip_id = Equip.equip_id ;
>WHERE Fab.equip_id = ?equip.equip_id
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>The view fails showing all records not just those limited by the WHERE clause. No Error message.
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>The join may be fouling the where clause.
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>What I had to do was use a alias in either the join or the where clause.
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>SELECT *,equip2.eqno ;
> FROM fab LEFT OUTER JOIN equip AS equip2;
> ON Fab.equip_id = Equip2.equip_id ;
>WHERE Fab.equip_id = ?equip.equip_id
>
>Only other time I used an alias in a join was when I had to use the same table with different join conditions.
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>No question - just posted to get it into the database.