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- From: James.Mitchell@CoE.drexel.edu (James E. Mitchell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
- Subject: FMP - Numbering Subsets of Records?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.225721.14571@netnews.noc.drexel.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 22:57:21 GMT
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- Imd like to number subsets of records in a reasonable way. To be
- specific, I have a database of people with multiple records per person.
- Imd like to create a sequence number for each record within the group,
- starting with the number one. i.e. Imd like the record set to look like
- this
-
- Jones 1 .....
- Jones 2
- Jones 3
- Adams 1
- Adams 2
- Smith 1
- Smith 2
- Smith 3
- Smith 4
-
- The numbers are to be in their own field and should be revisable as new
- records are entered.
-
- It seems as though I ought to be able to do this with
- same file, but Imve run into trouble because relooking-up always goes to
- the first instance of the record. Any suggestions are welcome - even a
- good reference on how to use relookups effectively. More specifically, is
- there a way to copy the value of a field in the previous record to one in
- the current record? I believe that would solve my problem.
-
- BTW I saw an old Claris note suggesting the use of exporting to a clone
- and then doing a fancy lookup. Thats too much for me.
-