No - Each "root" in the PROVIDER_CONTRACT_STATUS table can have 0 to many "leafs". I think the problem I have is that only the current provider_contract_status_id (or "root") has a tie back to get the provider_id from the PROVIDER table. What I am trying to do is apply that associated provider_id to all the "leafs" that I get from the "root". I can tie it to the "root" but all "leafs" have a NULL provider_id. Hope that makes some sense. On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:33:24 -0500, Igor Neyman <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So, is it true that each "root" in PROVIDER_CONTRACT_STATUS table has > only one leaf? > > > > Igor Neyman, OCP DBA > ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l