Hi David,

Foxpro never supported such syntax. Until VFP3 foxpro didn't support outer joins at all.

>I know that using the *= syntax is considered outdated. But I tried this:
>
>select distinct arcust.ccustno, sosord.ccustno as xcustno from arcust, sosord where arcust.ccustno *= sosord.ccustno
>
>in t-sql and vfp. I get 'missing operand' in vfp 6. I seem to recall doing queries this way in foxpro several years ago? Am I mistaken.