Retrieving data from a list or database.

Vic01 · #1 11-13-2013, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by macropod

It's a whole lot more complicated than that. What happens if your database has Dr Robert Jones, Dr Martha Jones, Dr Fred Johns, Dr John Johnson, Dr Ian Johnston and Dr Ann Johnstone? How is typing "Jo" going to get you the required output? Even typing "Jones" or "Johns" won't give you a single match and presumably you don't want your code to choose one at random. The best you'll do in many cases is to obtain a list of possibilities from which you must choose. I ought to know - I worked with electoral rolls for 25 years...

Yes, that would be fine, I could choose from the list of "JOxxxx"

I think you are being a bit sardonic when you say "presumably you don't want your code to choose one at random."

But that's ok, I get that my ignorance might make me out to be simple.

So, "The best you'll do in many cases is to obtain a list of possibilities from which you must choose." would be a fabulous outcome.

Vic

macropod · #2 11-14-2013, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Vic01

I get that my ignorance might make me out to be simple.

Simple is not the term I'd use. Unaware, perhaps.

As I said "It's a whole lot more complicated". Word has no predictive text functions of its own, so whoever is going to code this would have to do so from scratch. It's not something I've ever contemplated or come across.

Vic01 · #3 11-14-2013, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by macropod

Simple is not the term I'd use. Unaware, perhaps.

As I said "It's a whole lot more complicated". Word has no predictive text functions of its own, so whoever is going to code this would have to do so from scratch. It's not something I've ever contemplated or come across.

"Unaware", I agree with that definition.
So what I am seeking is ..."a whole lot more complicated".
I can stop trying to solve this quest then.
Mail merge definitely did not give me what I wanted.

Cheers, and thanks for your time.

Vic

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