verify joins?

I need to use verify joins as attributes in several fields of a table where the fields MAY have the same value entered, but that value MUST be among the entries in the referenced (joined) table. When I try to do this, the compiler complains: # # The column "xxxxxxxxx" name appears more than once. If you # wish a column to be duplicated in a form, use the same display field label. # See error number -2892. I don't want the column to be duplicated, only the "value" in the column(s). The columns with like values are entered at different times and are used for maintaining a history of status changes of the record, saved in the table, itself. Any suggestions for fixing this or alternatives would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ## ####### ## ## Jim Kistler ## ## ## ## kistler@hp-and.an.hp.com ## ## ## ## Hewlett-Packard Co. ## ##### #### Imaging Systems ## ## ## ## ## 3000 Minuteman Road ## ## ## ## ## Andover, MA 01810 ######## ## ## ## TEL: 508-659-2251 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FAX: 508-687-7265~~~~~~~~~~