Link Tag Query to SQL Query

I have tag values that are steps or alarm codes in a process and I want to create a cross reference SQL table for these values. Using BLS, how do you link these tables to have an Xacute query that will return the cross referenced values from the tag?
I appreciate any help that can be provided.
Thanks
Larry

Rick,
One other note I missed in my last e-mail, the Tag Query does not return the TagName as a value in a column but as the column header for the value of the tag. How is it possible to get this as the value of its own column to be used as a link in the Joiner action.
Current query returns
DateTime                              XV43003     -
(header row)
03/22/2007 03:30:00                     0
03/22/2007 03:31:00                     2
03/22/2007 03:32:00                     8
Preferred method
DateTime                              TagName         Value     -
(header row)
03/22/2007 03:30:00              XV43003              0
03/22/2007 03:31:00              XV43003              2
03/22/2007 03:32:00              XV43003              8
This would give me both the tagname and value to join to the sql table.
Thanks for your help!
Larry

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