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Article #2174Re: Find Dups -> Restorable searches
From: Paul Davis
Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 00:53
Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 00:53
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Response to David Grayson, >I have to agree with this whole find duplicates thing. Since >this is in the formative stages how about something like the current >find box. I am thinking of having several boxes each of which >could be user assignable to a field of the database (i.e. title, >volume, author) for matching. > >dave I would like to second this. Furthermore I'd like to suggest being able to keep separate versions of the find window contents. FileMaker has the very nice feature of being able to record the find and sort status in a macro. Later one can simply select a menu item to restore them. The reason I like this idea is because I work with three or four major topics and I often don't want the rest of the references cluttering up the window. As a result I often us the find command to eliminate everything that doesn't have the keyword associated with the topic I'm currently working on. For me this is a convenience feature not a priority. It's probably only worth doing if it is part of a more general solution that solves other problems, such as the "find duplicates" problem. The "Universal Change" (or "add if it doesn't already exist" to the current field) feature is FAR more important to me. -Paul Davis ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOME CAMPUS E-MAIL Paul Davis Sociology Dept. Internet: prdavis@ucdavis.edu 503 F Street 104 Young Hall BITNET: prdavis@ucdavis Davis, CA 95616 UC Davis UUCP: ucdavis!prdavis (916) 753-8389 Davis, CA 95616
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107cb9,19ce83e613290998,start X-Google-Attributes: gid107cb9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-05-27 00:13:03 PST Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!UCDAVIS.BITNET!PRDAVIS Return-Path: <@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU:owner-endnote@UCSBVM.BITNET> X-Sender: ez005224@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu Message-ID: <9305270653.AA24345@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.endnote Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 23:53:27 -0100 Sender: EndNote/EndLink Users Forum <ENDNOTE@UCSBVM.BITNET> From: Paul Davis <PRDAVIS@UCDAVIS.BITNET> Subject: Re: Find Dups -> Restorable searches Lines: 35