he wasn't being snarky or anything like that.

he was just trying to point out that you need to provide enough information for the people here to understand your problem (your table structures and some data). Without that, all people here can do is guess at a solution. On the other hand, if you provide enough information, you can get some great (and quick) answers.

Basically, make it as easy as possible to understand and recreate your scenario. Then other people can see what you see. And then they can help. Without that, they really can't.