Sort of. =)
You can use a pushdown in an outer join, as long as you are not doing a self join.
You have to cheat and do all the join criteria yourself, though. Check this thread for a more detailed discussion:
If you need an assist, post the SQL that is being generated and I can try to point you in the right direction.
- Ernie
eepjr24 
(BOB member since 2005-09-16)