>Hi Todd,
>
>In VFP9 it is simpler, but in VFP you can use:
>
>

SELECT NVL(A.Item, b.Item), count(a.Item)+Count(b.Item) FROM Items A FULL JOIN Items2 B ON .F. GROUP BY 1

>
>Walter,
>

Hi Walter,
the speed of this is ....
a small improvement

SELECT NVL(A.Item, b.Item), count(a.Item)+Count(b.Item) FROM Items A FULL JOIN Items2 B ;
ON A.Item=b.Item AND .F. GROUP BY 1

Fabio