Hi James. This didn't work either. I ended up doing a make table with the LEFT on F_Name then using the built-in Find Duplicates query Wizard. It's not the right way, but it got the job done. I could do it if this was regular SQL but I can't seem to get it right when I try it in Access's version. Darn. Thanks for the response though. /g -----Original Message----- From: James LaBorde [mailto:jlaborde@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:54 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Re: Access :VSMail mx3 Glenda, I think that your problem is that you appear to only be referencing the table once rather than twice when you want to get the second set of data. Try linking to a second instance of the table joining on fields that will be the same. Try this out: [mstFPlus].[Last], [mstFPlus].[first], [mstFPlus].[City], [mstFPlus].[state] In(Select [mstFPlus].[L_Name] from [mstFPlus] join [mstFplus] as mstFPlus1 where [mstFPlus].[SCity] =3D [mstFPlus1].[SCity] and [mstFPlus].[state]=3D[mstFPlus1].[state] and = Left([mstFPlus].[f_name], 3) =3D Left([mstFPlus1].[f_name],3) Having Count(*)>1) I think this should probably do the trick. James ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************