ok i have 2 views V_riprod_ZMATMAST returns 60 records V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_EQ returns 39 records or so that are matched in another table. these i will do an update on
problem i am having is the NEQ <> i am trying to use the view below to return all the results of the records that don't match. so i can do an Insert... SELECT DISTINCT TOP 100 PERCENT ABS(dbo.V_riprod_ZMATMAST.sap_partnum) AS pnum2 FROM dbo.V_riprod_ZMATMAST INNER JOIN dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_EQ ON dbo.V_riprod_ZMATMAST.sap_partnum <> dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_EQ.sap_partnum WHERE (dbo.V_riprod_ZMATMAST.sap_partnum <> N'dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_EQ.sap_partnum') i am using mssql2000 ent viewer. have tried left outer join & a bunch of wierd stuff, and just keep getting funky results... This works for counting.... rcdCT TotalCount EqCount NeqCount 1 60 39 21 SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT COUNT(*) AS rcdCT, dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_Count.rcdCT AS TotalCount, dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_EQ_Count.rcdCT AS EqCount, dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_Count.rcdCT - dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_EQ_Count.rcdCT AS NeqCount FROM dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_Count CROSS JOIN dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_EQ_Count GROUP BY dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_Count.rcdCT, dbo.V_riprod_Specs_ZMATMAST_EQ_Count.rcdCT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:302515 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4