sql - Microsoft Access - Joining Tables w/ different number of rows -


i'm trying make microsoft access query of 2 tables have similar columns, except 1 table has budget numbers , other has spent 2 tables have different number of rows, , since differences between 2 tables whether information budget or spent, in query (with inner join) duplicates rows of table less rows because still matches table more rows. think illustration easier explain

budgettable:

bcol1 | bcol2 |    bcol3   |   bcol4  | budget bill  |   m   | employed   | single   |  $45 mary  |   f   | employed   | married  |  $48 steve |   m   | unemployed | divorced |  $38 grace |   f   | employed   | divorced |  $48 frank |   m   | employed   | single   |  $50 bill  |   m   | employed   | single   |  $10 mary  |   f   | employed   | married  |   $8 grace |   f   | unemployed | married  |  $20 

actualtable:

acol1 | acol2 |   acol3    | acol4    | actual bill  |   m   | employed   | single   |  $28 mary  |   f   | employed   | married  |  $32 steve |   m   | unemployed | divorced |  $21 frank |   m   | employed   | single   |  $33 grace |   f   | unemployed | married  |  $13 grace |   f   | employed   | divorced |  $29 

when make joins, join except last column (since there's no 1 column absolutely distinguishing feature)

but, since there 2 entries bill , mary in budget table, in query, doubles bill , mary rows in actual table comes out to

 bcol1 | bcol2 | bcol3      | bcol4    | budget | acol1 | acol2 | acol3      | acol4    | actual bill  | m     | employed   | single   | $45    | bill  | m     | employed   | single   | $28 mary  | f     | employed   | married  | $48    | mary  | f     | employed   | married  | $32 steve | m     | unemployed | divorced | $38    | steve | m     | unemployed | divorced | $21 grace | f     | employed   | divorced | $48    | grace | f     | employed   | divorced | $29 frank | m     | employed   | single   | $50    | frank | m     | employed   | single   | $33 bill  | m     | employed   | single   | $10    | bill  | m     | employed   | single   | $28 mary  | f     | employed   | married  | $8     | mary  | f     | employed   | married  | $32 grace | f     | unemployed | married  | $20    | grace | f     | unemployed | married  | $13 

and i'd want be:

 bcol1 |  bcol2 | bcol3      | bcol4    | budget | acol1 | acol2 | acol3      | acol4    | actual bill  |  m     | employed   | single   | $45    | bill  | m     | employed   | single   | $28 mary  |  f     | employed   | married  | $48    | mary  | f     | employed   | married  | $32 steve |  m     | unemployed | divorced | $38    | steve | m     | unemployed | divorced | $21 grace |  f     | employed   | divorced | $48    | grace | f     | employed   | divorced | $29 frank |  m     | employed   | single   | $50    | frank | m     | employed   | single   | $33 bill  |  m     | employed   | single   | $10    |  mary  |  f     | employed   | married  | $8     |  grace |  f     | unemployed | married  | $20    | grace | f     | unemployed | married  | $13 

is there way in access?

why "bill-m-employed-single" in table twice? first bill, $45 budget, different bill 1 $10 budget?

if, looking @ data, human being can't tell 2 bills apart, access query won't either.

what need make each bill has unique identifier. in fact, unique identifiers. each table should have id field , join on id fields, instead of joining on each individual field.

edit: based on comments, , revelation same bill, 2 different budgets, need linking between budget-actual pairs. each job, has budget , actual, should have form of identifier, really. if ask bill how spent on job, surely response be: "which one?"


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