RESOLVED - Help with SQL Query - "The multi-part identifier "alias field Name" co

Hi Everyone
This is the query and I am getting follwoing error message

"The multi-part identifier "InvDate.Account Reference" could not be bound."

SELECT MAX([DATE NOTE ADDED]) AS LASTDATE,
CC.[COMPANY],
CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE],
INVDATE.[LASTORDERDATE]
FROM CUSTOMERCONTACTNOTES AS CCN,
(SELECT *
FROM CUSTOMER) AS CC,
(SELECT MAX([INVOICE DATE]) AS LASTORDERDATE,
[ACCOUNT REFERENCE]
FROM INVOICEDATA
GROUP BY [ACCOUNT REFERENCE]) AS INVDATE
WHERE CCN.[COMPANY] = CC.[COMPANY]
AND CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE] COLLATE SQL_LATIN1_GENERAL_CP1_CI_AS IN (SELECT DISTINCT ([ACCOUNT REFERENCE])
FROM INVOICEDATA)
AND CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE] COLLATE SQL_LATIN1_GENERAL_CP1_CI_AS = INVDATE.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE]
GROUP BY CC.[COMPANY],CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE]
ORDER BY CC.COMPANY ASC

By the way its SQL Server 2005 Environment.
Mitesh
Well how about getting rid of:
- (select * from customer) -- just use a simple join to customer
- get rid of the collate statements in your where clauses.

Also, you'll need to add INVDATE.[LASTORDERDATE] to your group by statement.

SELECT MAX([DATE NOTE ADDED]) AS LASTDATE,
CC.[COMPANY],
CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE],
INVDATE.[LASTORDERDATE]

FROM CUSTOMERCONTACTNOTES AS CCN,

CUSTOMER AS CC,

(SELECT MAX([INVOICE DATE]) AS LASTORDERDATE,
[ACCOUNT REFERENCE]
FROM INVOICEDATA
GROUP BY [ACCOUNT REFERENCE]) AS INVDATE

WHERE CCN.[COMPANY] = CC.[COMPANY]
AND CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE] IN (SELECT DISTINCT ([ACCOUNT REFERENCE]) FROM INVOICEDATA)
AND CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE] = INVDATE.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE]

GROUP BY CC.[COMPANY],CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE], INVDATE.[LASTORDERDATE]
ORDER BY CC.COMPANY ASC|||Thanks Phill,

Your solution was just spot on.

Just out of curosity, how do you read any SQL Query, for e.g. like mine and find what is wrong.

Mitesh|||Experience, I guess. When you work with it enough, you can just "read" SQL and understand what's going on.

I really don't think you need the "select distinct [account reference] from invoicedata" query in your where clause though. You already have a distinct list from the INVDATE query in your FROM statement. Your where clause should probably be:

WHERE CCN.[COMPANY] = CC.[COMPANY]
AND CC.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE] = INVDATE.[ACCOUNT REFERENCE]