Yes, I use 6. And I will try to make a small set of data to duplicate the problem and if the problem is still there (in a small subset of data) I will email it to you. Thank you for your help.

>No, I don't see anything wrong. What VFP version are you using, 6? Can you zip up small subset of your data and email to me so I can run some tests?
>
>>Sergey,
>>I do have the GROUP BY in my code, I just missed it here in UT message.
>>Do you see anything else that might be wrong with my code?
>>
>>>Hi Dmitry,
>>>
>>>Your select is missing

GROUP BY PARTS.PART_NO

>>>
>>>>I am having another problem, which probably stems from my misunderstanding of SQL Select.
>>>>
>>>>Three tables:
>>>>
>>>>Table 1: PARTS
>>>>Fields: PART_NO, etc.
>>>>
>>>>Table 2: PO_PARTS (purchased parts)
>>>>Fields: PART_NO, POPART_PK, etc.
>>>>
>>>>Table 3: PARTS_RECEIVED
>>>>Fields: POPART_PK, DATE_REC, QTY, etc.
>>>>
>>>>When I have the following query:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>select PARTS.PART_NO, sum( PARTS_RECEIVED.QTY ) as SUM_QTY from PARTS ;
>>>>left join PO_PARTS on PARTS.PART_NO = PO_PARTS.PART_NO ;
>>>>left join PARTS_RECEIVED on PO_PARTS.POPART_PK = PARTS_RECEIVED.POPART_PK
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>I get only those records from PARTS that have entries in PO_PARTS. I thought this SQL Select (because it is left join) would have all records from PARTS table.
>>>>
>>>>What am I missing?
>>>>
>>>>TIA.