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Query to determine date time difference and view only the changed data

Access 2003
2 - Tables Linked to sql server

Both tables have the same field names, and , datatype
Table1
material_no      -        text
update_way_date  -- date/time
update_fgom_date  -- date/time

Table2
material_no      -        text
update_way_date  -- date/time
update_fgom_date  -- date/time


What I need I need to look at the date/time change between Table 2 and Table1

Let me see the records that have a later date then in Table2

Hope this makes sense  ?

Thanks
fordraiders


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Is there ONLY one record for each material_no in each table?
Is there ALWAYS one record for each material_no in each table?
Can you show us a few examples from the two tables and what you want returned?
"Hope this makes sense" -> Nope

Why do you have two tables with identical structure?  Is Table2 and archive of Table1?

Is [material_no] unique in each table?

Do you want to identify only those records where there are [material_no] matches, but where one of the Table1 fields is more recent than the matching record in Table2, or do you also want to identify those records in Table1 which don't have a matching [material_no] value in Table2.

By "let me see", do you mean that you just want to display these results in a query?
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one is a backup staging table...

Is there ONLY one record for each material_no in each table? yes
Is there ALWAYS one record for each material_no in each table?   yes

table1
sa2234   07/22/2011 3:45:23: pm
sa2235   07/22/2011 3:46:22: pm
sa2236   08/22/2011 3:47:10: pm

table2
sa2234   07/22/2011 3:45:23: pm
sa2235   08/10/2011 13:23:22: pm
sa2236   09/03/2011 1:47:10: pm

I should only see

sa2235   08/10/2011 13:23:22: pm
sa2236   09/03/2011 1:47:10: pm

Thanks
fordraiders

If both dates in table1 must be later than the corresponding date in table 2...

Select t1.material_no ,   t1.update_way_date  , t1.update_fgom_date ,  t2.update_way_date  , t2.update_fgom_date  
From table1 as t1 inner join table2 as t2
on t1.material_no = t2.material_no
where t1.update_way_date>t2.update_way_date  and t1.update_fgom_date>t2.update_fgom_date
 

if just one of the dates in table1 must be later than the corresponding date in table 2

Select t1.material_no ,   t1.update_way_date  , t1.update_fgom_date ,  t2.update_way_date  , t2.update_fgom_date  
From table1 as t1 inner join table2 as t2
on t1.material_no = t2.material_no
where t1.update_way_date>t2.update_way_date  or t1.update_fgom_date>t2.update_fgom_date
<Let me see the records that have a later date then in Table2>  I take it from this statement that you want to see the records in Table1 that have a later date than in Table2 - yet you show the Table2 records that are later than Table1??
Oops!  - yet you show the Table2 records that are earlier than Table1??
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Sorry better example here:

table1      update_way_date  -- date/time   update_fgom_date  -- date/time
sa2234   07/22/2011 3:45:23: pm              07/23/2011 2:01:23: pm
sa2235   08/10/2011 13:23:22: pm            08/10/2011 11:01:27: pm
sa2236   09/03/2011 1:47:10: pm              09/03/2011 1:47:10: pm

table2    update_way_date  -- date/time  update_fgom_date  -- date/time
sa2234   07/22/2011 3:45:23: pm            07/23/2011 2:01:23: pm
sa2235   08/10/2011 13:23:22: pm          08/15/2011 01:03:10: pm
sa2236   09/06/2011 2:49:04: pm            09/03/2011 1:47:10: pm

I should only see
table2    update_way_date  -- date/time  update_fgom_date  -- date/time
sa2235   08/10/2011 13:23:22: pm          08/15/2011 01:03:10: pm
sa2236   09/06/2011 2:49:04: pm            09/03/2011 1:47:10: pm

Thanks