Hi Pranav, I learned about inner and outer joins from the Access online documentation. So I think you should find everything you're looking for there. You're basically looking at INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN and RIGHT JOIN. David Lant I.T. Consultant Consultancy & Development ICT Services Tel: (01392) 382464 Devon County Council accepts no legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The views expressed do not reflect those of Devon County Council. -----Original Message----- From: Pranav Lal [mailto:pranav.lal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 14 September 2005 16:40 To: program-l-freelists.org Subject: [program-l] MS access 2003 sql vs Oracle 8I sql Hi all, In Oracle's implementation of sql, I am used to writing queries like select x,y from t a,q b where t.item_id=b.item_id I see this happening in Microsoft Access but I have also seen queries that use the words left, inner etc. Can some one point me to any tutorial explaining? Yes, it was a very long time ago when I read about left joines, inner joines etc. Some rtfm is in order but which manual do I choose? I will start with the Microsoft Access 2003 help. Pranav ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Pranav ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq