given, let's say: create table person (id int not null, name varchar); create table phone (id int not null, person_id int not null, number varchar); select person.*, phone.number from person join phone on (person.id = phone.person_id) order by... How would you get results where only the first row for a person was filled in, with rest of that person's phones showing blanks for those columns? I'm guessing that window functions provide this capability, but I don't know how. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/