>>I want to do a remote view and link tables on Vendor_number, however Vendopr_number in one table is Character 9 and it is an INT in other table.
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>>How do you join tables on different data types?
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>>table a Fields invoice_num, char 20 Vendor_number Char 9
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>>Table b Fileds Vendor_number INT vendor_name Chr 35
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>>I am trying to do a view that shows a.Invoice_num and b.Vendor_name
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>I don't know whether this works, but you may try type conversion: ... on TableA.Field1 = int(TableB.Field2), for example.
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>Also, if this doesn't work, try to use the old-fashioned WHERE clause instead of the ON.

The INT() function accepts a numeric argument only.

... on TableA.Field1 = INT(VAL(TableB.Field2))

Also, it'll not be Rushmore optimizable if there's no index on INT(VAL(Field2)) in TableB.