Thank you, Godfrey. I thought I tried this syntax and I did use LEFT JOIN but not LEFT OUTER JOIN. Maybe this will make a difference.
>Dmitry:
>
>Try this
>
>Select parts.number, parts.model, sum(parts_used.quantity_used) as used, ;
> sum(parts_received.quantity_received) as received
>from parts
> left outer join parts_used on parts.number = parts_used.number ;
> left outer join parts_received on parts.number = parts_received.number
>group by 1
>into cursor parts_cr
>
>
>The left outer join will remove some of the clutter.
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