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Article #554Re: FMPro 2.0 date search question
From: Hades
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:56
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:56
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rswanson@zeus (Roger Swanson) writes:
>I want to perform a search initially by a given name in a field, but I want
>the search to finish so that it only gives the last five records entered under
>this name. I have every record automatically time stamped when it is created.
>Is there an easy way I can have a script search out the last five records
>added based on the name from the current record being browsed, so that a
>report could be printed out with only these five entries? Any help someone
>could give me on this would be greatly appreciated.
I don't think this is possible. What you need is the ability to have
conditional statements in your find request, and that capability is out
of FileMaker Pro's range.
--
-Brian V. Hughes
"You're built too low! The fast ones go right over your head."
--Foghorn Leghorn
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!bu.edu!dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!hades From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases Subject: Re: FMPro 2.0 date search question Message-ID: <1992Nov20.195620.10279@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Date: 20 Nov 92 19:56:20 GMT References: <Bxzxnx.B9w@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (The News Manager) Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 18 Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for. Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info