Working with data from two separate tables

Question

In a report I'm building, I have two tables: "Registration" and "SpecialDates".
In the Registration table has client info specific to an account number. Each account number has a different billing cycle.. either Cycle 1, Cycle 2, or Cycle 3.  This is listed for the account number as {Registration.Cyle}. In the SpecialDates table I have three different dates listed for each cycle. So this table looks something like this:
fldCycle          fldPastDueDate
1                     01/11/2010
2                     12/15/2009
3                     1/20/2010
The problem I'm having is I can't link {SpecialDates.fldCycle} to {Registration.Cycle}.  I have to somehow make the date from the SpecialDates table show up on the report depending on the value of {Registration.Cycle}.  Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?
Edited by: MarcieHennessy on Jan 27, 2010 7:26 PM

Answer 1

Then I would create a custom table with the Add Command in Data Expert with the following query:
SELECT Field1, Field2, Field3, cast (fldCycle as char(10)) as fldCycle, Field4, Field5, etc
FROM SPECIALDATES
Where you list all the fields from the table you will need in the report, with the link field converted to a string.  Then replace the SPECIALDATES table in your linking with the new custom table .  Now when you link from REGISTRATION to the new custom table.
Fuskie
Who notes you can rename the custom table to a more recognizable name...