As a follow up to this post, in case anybody has the same problem I did, I had to put the word key in brackets...something like...
WHERE dbResults.primaryID = verityResults.[key] This was in MX7 running on a W2K Server box. -jim >And did you try it without table aliases and with the join in the where >clause: > >SELECT dbResults.primaryID AS primaryID, verityResults.score AS score >FROM dbResults, verityResults >WHERE dbResults.primaryID = verityResults.key >ORDER BY verityResults.score DESC > >This has definitely worked for me in the past (on CF5) > >Pascal > > >> George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229094 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54