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- From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
- Subject: FAQ? Defining a query page against multiple field/multiple table
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.132643.24259@cas.org>
- Sender: usenet@cas.org
- Reply-To: lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
- Organization: Nedriv Software and Shoe Shiners, Uninc.
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:19:34 GMT
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- 1. I have never seen a comprehensive FAQ posted to this group - is one
- available?
-
- 2. Assume a situation like this (not my specific, but this hopefully
- will serve to illustrate):
-
- Application - Sql Forms 3.0 based time card entry.
-
- Page consists of 3 blocks, each against a different table.
-
- Block 1:
- Name Employee number
- Department (Current Date - a non-table field)
-
- Block 2:
- Multiple occurances of:
-
- Activity description Number of hours this week.
-
- Block 3:
- A column of total hours to date for each of the above activities.
-
- Goal, not only to permit entry of the above information, but to allow
- the user to query against any combination of Name, Employee number,
- Activity description and total hours.
-
- Where does one start to permit the above query? The problem is that I do NOT
- want to say things like "search for either what the user keyed or %" for
- each of the fields. The reason is that it just takes too long for the
- query to work.
-
- I would also rather not, if I can find a way around it, write
- a series of 24 if statements based on each possible combination of fields
- being filled in.
-
- Any good ideas?
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