thanks Ray
very good tutorial
But even with the correct JOIN, i think my database setup is not correct.
I use the WHERE itemCATID = 3 to go to the products page of all category 3 products.
On that page is where i want a list/menu for each item, where the shopper can pick the color of the product/products to add to the cart. In order to dynamically populate the list/menu with the proper choices of colors for that product, i must have a correct recordset.
So i think in my items table, i need a column of colorgroupID and a color table with colorgroupID saying what colors are available for that colorgroupID.
Am i on the right track?