>Oops, the subject should read:
>If some detail does not match, throw the header out
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>Hello everybody.
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>i've got 2 tables: sales order header (comast) and sales order detail (codet). i would like to display only sales orders where ALL of the details match certain criteria.
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>i already have 2 scenarios completed:
>1. show sales orders which contain some/all details matching the criteria (show all detail lines)
>2. show sales orders which contain some/all details matching the criteria (show only matching detail lines)
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>but the 3rd one i can not figure out the sql command. for the 1st scenario i prequerry the detail table by simply returning a new header with the orders containing anywhere the criteria.
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>how do i do this?
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>thank you for all your help.
could you post relevant table structures, some sample data, and the desired results from that sample data?
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