Jamie
From your data structure (as described), your Associate (?employee) can only
have one manager. If true, I suppose you could simply change the
ManagerBadge when the Associate went to work for a new manager.
By the way, your structure and description seem to imply that Managers
aren't employees. It appears each employee has a badge, and some employees
are managers, but your data structure forces you to look in two tables to
find all employees.

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Good luck
Jeff Boyce
<Access MVP