Re: [Hardhats-members] How to do a fileman search for EMPTY fields?

2005-06-20 Thread Greg Woodhouse
I guess I wasn't especially clear in my response. Predicate is a fancy term for operator. In this case you want Select VA FileMan Option: SEarch File Entries OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: TIU DOCUMENT// 19 OPTION (13279 entries) -A- SEARCH FOR OPTION FIELD: 1 MENU TEXT -A- CONDITION: NULL

[Hardhats-members] How to do a fileman search for EMPTY fields?

2005-06-19 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
I want to do a field for all records for which a particular field holds no data. Can I do this with a fileman search? If so, what would the syntax be? Thanks Kevin __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to do a fileman search for EMPTY fields?

2005-06-19 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
Just type NULL. === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Better. Faster. Cheaper. Pick two. On Jun 19, 2005, at 7:03 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: I want to do a field for all records for which a particular field holds no data. Can I do this with a fileman search? If so, what would the

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to do a fileman search for EMPTY fields?

2005-06-19 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
That was easy. Thanks Kevin --- Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just type NULL. === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Better. Faster. Cheaper. Pick two. On Jun 19, 2005, at 7:03 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: I want to do a field for all records for which a

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to do a fileman search for EMPTY fields?

2005-06-19 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Oops, I just tried it and it doesn't work. Here is a screen log Kevin Select FM VA Filename Option: search File Entries OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: TIU DOCUMENT// -A- SEARCH FOR TIU DOCUMENT FIELD: enterED BY -A- CONDITION: = EQUALS -A- EQUALS NEW PERSON: NULL ?? NEW PERSON: NUll ?? NEW

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to do a fileman search for EMPTY fields?

2005-06-19 Thread Greg Kreis
Enter question mark at the CONDITION: prompt Gregory Woodhouse wrote: Don't use equals as the condition. You're actually using NULL as a predicate, not a value. === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Better. Faster. Cheaper. Pick two. On Jun 19, 2005, at 8:00 PM, Kevin Toppenberg

RE: [Hardhats-members] How to do a fileman search for EMPTY fields?

2005-06-19 Thread Thurman Pedigo
Try the @ for null ..tx/t SORT BY: DOTID// 1.4 DOT AGE START WITH DOT AGE: FIRST// @ GO TO DOT AGE: LAST// @ WITHIN DOT AGE, SORT BY: FIRST PRINT FIELD: .01 DOTID THEN PRINT FIELD: 1.4 DOT AGE THEN PRINT FIELD: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats-