App Store says 'wrong password' but it's not!

[I can't find a specific iPhone App Store as opposed to this Mac App Store section ... I'm this is in the wrong place, please let me know and I'll move it!]
Odd one this - I would really appreciate some help on this one!
The apps on my iPhone 4 appear to have been downloaded from at least three different Apple IDs; this dates back to some months ago when my Apple IDs didn't appears to be working properly do I created others to test the system with ... not realising at the time that Apple IDs can'tlater be merged.  Doh!
Now when apps I own are updated, some downoad just fine but others fail saying I've entered the wrong password.
I can't figure out which Apple ID was used to download that app so can't establish which Apple ID / password I need to use. I tried all this I remember to no avail.  As I recall, I used the same password for all my Apple IDs so it's probably more a case of just figuring out which Apple ID to use.
So, just i case I had used a different password, I went to https://iforgot.apple.com to try and recover my password using security questions but it said my answers were wrong!
So I went back to https://iforgot.apple.com to try and recover my password asking for my detals to be eMailed to me but the eMail (whilst being told it had ben sent) ever arrived in any or my eMail boxes!
I'm going crazy now!
Does anyone know how I can figure out:
(1) ...which Apple ID was used to download the app (I tried looking at the apps in iTunes but the Apple ID is shown just as my name in lower case .. no eMail address)
(2) ..what the correct password was (or how to reset it) for that Apple ID
At the moment, my only option appears to be to delete any app that won't update and re-download it with one of my Apple IDs .. but presumably as it'll be a different from the one originaly used, it'll charge me again!!
Kind people out therer ...Please help if you can!

I've figured this out for myself so thought I'd let you guys know in case you have the same problem.
There was another Apple ID that I'd forgotten about that these apps were downloaded with.
Eventualy I managed to log into that account on the iPhone and I could download the updates.
I still want to merge the Apple ID together but for now, when an update arrives, if that app is currently free, I'm deleting it and downloading it again using the correct Apple ID. I can't face the idea of paying twice for the same app!!
Ho hum!

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