help with recordset query

hi,

i am trying to create an advanced clients results page, i created it using data assist and going to keep the view buttons etc, however i need to join the tables.

i basically want to join all the tables together and they all have a key that relates to each other.

problem is when i try this just with a few tables i get no records even though there are clients and clients that have policies in protection table.

the query so far is this:

Select
*
From
buytolet Inner Join
clients On buytolet.clients_ClientID = clients.ClientID Inner Join
generalinsurance On generalinsurance.clients_ClientID = clients.ClientID
Inner Join
mortgage On mortgage.clients_ClientID = clients.ClientID Inner Join
users On clients.ClientUserID = users.UserID Inner Join
protection On protection.clients_ClientID = clients.ClientID

it returns no records, can anyone help?

many thanks

where no rows are being returned, it suggests that one of the join comparisons is not being met.

Put another way:
when using INNER JOIN a result is only returned if there is a match in both tabels being compared. for example:
one of you comparisons is:
generalinsurance.clients_ClientID = clients.ClientID

If there are no records in the generalinsurance.clients_ClientID column that match a record in the clients.ClientID column, a result will not be returned.

Where you have 5 different comparisons to the clients.ClientID column, all of those comparisons MUST make a match to be able to return a result.

To troubleshoot, you should start taking away joins till you find the one that is causing the mismatched data.

You also may need to rewrite your query using a different join type, like a left join, right join or outer join.

See the following page for details on join types:
Join_%28SQL%29

hey jason i appreciate you taking time to help me.

i think i now see what was wrong. i am trying to return the clients even if there is no match in the other joined tables so maybe a left join would be best?

many thanks jason

yeah, sounds like a left join should help.

jason,

thanks again. i have ran a quick test with left join and looks like that is the one.

thanks for your help with that.