Linking Tables

[cowichandave]

Doing a query on our accounting database for which am using 4 tables.

Client, Product, Detail, Serial number

Client is linked to Product by ClientID #
Product is linked to Detail by Invoice # (both keyed)
I have a date filter and this portion of the query works fine

I have tried different ways to link the serial table but the final query
only displays those results that have serial numbers. Not every invoice has a
serial number. I cannot modify the accounting program tables. So instead os
showing me 2000 records which is correct but adding the serial table limits
the query to 35 records. I need the 2000 records to include serial number
data. What am I missing?

I have tried linking the Detail table: linecode with the Serial table:linecode

 

[Jeff Boyce]

Without seeing the SQL statement, I can only guess ...

If you are using an "equi-join" (show all of the fields when the tables have
matching IDs), you'll only see the records when there are matches.

If you use a 'directional' join (my term), you can tell Access to show you
ALL qualifying records from Table1, and ANY data from Table2 if there is a
match.

In your SQL statement, are the terms "LEFT" or "RIGHT" preceeding "JOIN"?

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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[cowichandave]

Figured it out. Have to learn to read more posts. Sometimes the answer is not
in the header but answered within a post that may be unrelated.

This group is terrific. Thank you all

 

[Jeff Boyce]

If you'll post your solution, someone else looking for an answer may be able
to use yours...

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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