Thanks for the reply...
here are the two tables that i am talking about.
CREATE TABLE `tblcrew` (
`IDNbr` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`MNNbr` int(11) default NULL,
`LName` varchar(25) default NULL,
`FName` varchar(25) default NULL,
`MI` varchar(25) default NULL,
`PosNbr` int(11) default NULL,
`PrevPosNbr` int(11) default NULL,
`VesselCode` int(11) default NULL,
`FormerVesselCode` int(11) default NULL,
`NextVesselCode` int(11) default NULL,
`DateDepMla` date default NULL,
`DateSignedOn` date default NULL,
`ExpDueDate` date default NULL,
`DateSignedOff` date default NULL,
`SignOffStatusCode` varchar(255) default NULL,
`Remarks` text,
`LatestReportDate` date default NULL,
`AvailableDate` date default NULL,
`ECPlanStat` varchar(15) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`IDNbr`)
)
CREATE TABLE `tblplanning` (
`PlanID` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`VesselCode` int(11) default NULL,
`OBMNNbr` int(11) NOT NULL,
`OBRank` varchar(15) default NULL,
`OBCrew` varchar(75) default NULL,
`OBPlanStat` varchar(15) default NULL,
`DateJoined` date default NULL,
`EOC` date default NULL,
`Port` varchar(75) default NULL,
`OSMNNbr` int(11) NOT NULL,
`OSRank` varchar(15) default NULL,
`OSCrew` varchar(75) default NULL,
`OSPlanStat` varchar(15) default NULL,
`Status` char(3) default NULL,
`Wagescale` varchar(15) default NULL,
`Flagstate` varchar(75) default NULL,
`Remarks` text,
`ECPlanStat` varchar(15) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`PlanID`)
)
CREATE TABLE `tblposcode` (
`PosNbr` int(11) default NULL,
`Position` varchar(50) default NULL,
`PosName` varchar(50) default NULL,
`PositionStatus` int(11) default NULL,
`PosNbrID` int(11) NOT NULL,
`PosNbrOld` int(11) default NULL,
`SortCode` double default NULL,
`DeptCode` double default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`PosNbrID`)
)
in the form of tblplanning i have successfully made 3 AJAX Look up fields based on the `OBMNNbr which is the 1st Look-Up and based on it I am able to display `OBRank`, `OBCrew` details coming from another table called tblCrew. Theh `OBRank`is just the same field as `PosNbr` in the table tblposcode which is also saved in the table tblcrew, while `OBCrew`is the complete name of the crew found in table tblCrew as. As i've said i have successfully displayed all the details except that I want to display the corresponding description of `OBRank` which as ive said same`PosNbr. The description will be coming from the table tblposcode which is the field `Position. Here is what i have now

and here is somewhat what i want to do

Hope my explanation helps...
Thanks in advance for the help...
almond
Almond,
it's hard to give an advice without more detailed description of your project.
Show your main and lookup tables structure and describe how your lookup wizards are set up and I'll try to help you.