Sorry about the multiple posts. I waited hours for the others to go through and they didn't, then all at once.
That worked GREAT! Thank you very much. However, I don't really see any differences from my attempts and yours except that you did the joins on the FROM and I did it on the WHERE. Is that the major difference? Also, I substituted: On a.passport_listing_id = d.passport_listing_id and (a.student_id = d.student_id or a.people_id = d.people_id) for On a.passport_listing_id = d.passport_listing_id and a.s_uid = d.s_uid I put in s_uid for that purpose. The student_id and people_id are often used differently but the same here so I have s_uid as a field where they co-exists. dunno if it's a good idea, but it has made things simpler. If you have any education for me on why yours worked, I'd like it. Otherwise - THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. daniel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327800 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4