I think you will be stuck doing 2 queries.
Do the first one without the memo, then join the results to the table with the memo in it.

>Morning,
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>I cannot seem to get past this error in vfp8. It worked before I added the memo field to it, but now it goes down in flames.
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>select a.id_no, a.name, b.account, b.name, a.inv_total,a.inv_status,a.inv_code,a.inv_no,a.inv_due,c.id_no,c.id_desc, max(a.inv_inotes) as mInvoice ;
>from customer_invoices a, customer_accounts b,customer_notes c ;
>where a.id_no=gnclientid and !empty(inv_code) and a.name=b.account and a.inv_code==c.id_no ;
>group by a.inv_code,a.inv_due,a.id_no,a.name,b.account,b.name,a.inv_status,c.id_no,c.id_desc,a.inv_no,a.inv_total  ;
>into cursor sql_pre readwrite
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>This code show me trying to use an expression on the memo field for the purpose of a aggrivated field. However, it does not work with memo fields. If I add it straight, it blows a group by invaild error even when I add the field to the group by string. any suggestions or anyone encounter this?? I am not trying to group by the memo field, i just want to add it to the cursor.