basic many-to-many sql select query

Question

I think this should be easy, but it\'s evading me. I\'ve got a many-to-many relationship between Accounts and Account Groups. An Account can be in zero or more Groups, so I\

Answer 1

I think in Access you may want to try something like:

FROM (accounts AS act 
     LEFT OUTER JOIN JointAccountGroups AS jag ON act.id = jag.aid)
     LEFT OUTER JOIN AccounGroups AS gp ON jag.gid = gp.id

I don't know why the parenthesis matter, but I tried a test with that and it seemed to fix it.