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  • November 17, 2008 at 9:36 am

    #899397

    Liam, you need to join the states table twice:

    SELECT m.member, h.HomeState, m.WorkState

    FROM master m

    LEFT JOIN States h ON h.[ID] = m.HomeState

    LEFT JOIN States w ON w.[ID] = m.WorkState

    Cheers

    ChrisM

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