• mak101, while I agree with Lynn's assessment that you need to try it yourself first, I also can see where to someone new to SQL, this problem would be difficult to even conceptualize, and since you took the time to type up your sample data... So, I have a solution that works with the data you provided, and returns your desired results for this data only. I can think of many ways this will break depending on your data. However, I think this will whet your appetite for SQL. Sorry for the lack of comments, I'm in a rush now, so post back if you have questions about any of it, and you will probably see other solutions, any of which may be very different from mine.

    DECLARE @date DATETIME

    SELECT @date = '10/31/09'

    SELECT

    t1.EmpName,

    t1.Region,

    t1.TourStartDate,

    t1.TourEndDate,

    t1.FOrdDate,

    FOrdType = MAX(CASE WHEN o.OrderDate = t1.FOrdDate THEN o.OrderType ELSE NULL END),

    FOrdTotal = MAX(CASE WHEN o.OrderDate = t1.FOrdDate THEN o.OrderTotal ELSE NULL END),

    t1.LOrdDate,

    LOrdType = MAX(CASE WHEN o.OrderDate = t1.LOrdDate THEN o.OrderType ELSE NULL END),

    LOrdTotal = MAX(CASE WHEN o.OrderDate = t1.LOrdDate THEN o.OrderTotal ELSE NULL END)

    FROM

    (--Derived table t1 returns the tourdates, and the order dates

    SELECT

    e.EmpId,

    e.EmpName,

    et.Region,

    et.TourStartDate,

    et.TourEndDate,

    FOrdDate = MIN(o.OrderDate),

    LOrdDate = MAX(o.OrderDate)

    FROM #Employees e INNER JOIN #EmpTours et

    ON e.EmpId = et.EmpId INNER JOIN #Orders o

    ON e.EmpId = o.EmpId

    WHERE et.TourStartDate <= @date

    AND (et.TourEndDate > = @date OR et.TourEndDate IS NULL)

    AND o.OrderDate BETWEEN et.TourStartDate AND @date

    GROUP BY e.EmpId,e.EmpName,et.Region,et.TourStartDate,et.TourEndDate

    ) t1 INNER JOIN #Orders o

    ON t1.EmpId = o.EmpId

    AND (t1.FOrdDate = o.OrderDate OR t1.LOrdDate = o.OrderDate)

    GROUP BY t1.EmpName,t1.Region,t1.TourStartDate,t1.TourEndDate,t1.FOrdDate,t1.LOrdDate

    Greg
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