SELECT c.profilename, c.loginuser, s.company, s.product , s.filedescription, i.systemserialnumber FROM hstcomputers C FULL OUTER JOIN sigsoftware S, hstIdentification i ON c.id = i.id AND s.sigid = i.sigidI know the third table in the FROM is the wrong syntax, but I am not 100% sure how it should be, as everything I have read is based around joining two tables.
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Select columns From table1 inner join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col2 Inner join table3 on table1.col1 = table3.col2 Inner join table4 on table2.col1 = table4.col5 Inner join table5 on table3.col1 = table5.col17Etc.
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This was first published in July 2003

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