Select in (select ...) (select main report based on child records)

I have a Crystal Report XI rel 2 report but I need to narrow the search of the main report based on records in the child table. I have 3-tables and one report w/ a subreport. The tables are locations, crashes, and vehicles. The main report has the tables locations and crashes and the subreport has vehicles (one crash has 1 to n vehicles) How do I select records in the main report based on the child (see below SQL stmt.) SELECT locations.county, locations.state, crashes.numpeople, crashes.time FROM locations,crashes WHERE crashes.cid IN (SELECT cid FROM vehicles WHERE vehicles.vehicletype = 'Trailer');

Hi,
Â You can use common shared variables to share data between a sub report and the main report.
What Kathryn has suggested is correct but you must make sure that the sub report is run first and then the main report is executed.
Â Hope this helps
Â Cheers
Â Sam

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