ccmret (7/9/2013)
I am trying to get a EmpID where the PayID is not null. My problem is that an employee may have several EmpID’s. So I am currently getting all ID’s for an employee. I only want the EmpID for ones that have a PayID. Any ideas?SELECT Distinct a.*,
b.Station,
c.EmpID
FROM #NoStaffID as a
Left JOIN #Station b
On a.City = b.City
JOIN Employee.Payroll c
On a.City=c.City
WHERE c.PayID is not null
Shouldn't at least one of your JOINs be ON empID?
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