FMPro 2.0 date search question

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2 total messages Started by Roger Swanson Fri, 20 Nov 1992 03:57

#551

Author: Roger Swanson
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 03:57

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I was wondering if someone could help me in designing the following search fo
r FMPro 2.0:

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.

Thanks,

Roger Swanson

Re: FMPro 2.0 date search question

#554

Author: Hades
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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