pundabuyer

Hi All, Wondering if anyone could help with my issus. I have written some SQL below to get a bit of data out of the database but having strange results. I have requested all data from all tables with 2 simple left joins. The tables and data types are fine and all match and the query runs. but when i output the results all i get is the full 'requests' table and no associated data from the other tables. There is definately data that corresponds in the other 2. also i get the entire requests table even if i only request one field from it... whats going on! "SELECT requests.*, users.*, areas.* FROM (requests LEFT JOIN users ON requests.requesterID = users.userid) LEFT JOIN areas ON requests.areaID = areas.areaID" thanks in advance, A