Sorry, I wasn't clear enough in my example, the logic seems a little hard to 
follow at times, so here is a better/clearer example:

Select OPTION:    SEARCH FILE ENTRIES

OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: VA PRODUCT//    VA PRODUCT  (17045 entries)

  -A- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT FIELD:    ACTIVE INGREDIENTS   (multiple)

    -A- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD:    ACTIVE INGREDIENT
S
    -A- CONDITION: EQUALS  
    -A- EQUALS DRUG INGREDIENTS: MENTHO
     1   MENTHOL  
     2   MENTHOL/PHENOL  
CHOOSE 1-2: 1  MENTHOL

    -B- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD:    ACTIVE INGREDIENT
S
    -B- CONDITION: EQUALS  
    -B- EQUALS DRUG INGREDIENTS: ACETONE
     1   ACETONE  
     2   ACETONE SODIUM BISULFITE  
CHOOSE 1-2: 1  ACETONE

    -C- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD: 

  -C- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT FIELD: 

IF: AB
        CONDITION -B- WILL APPLY TO THE SAME MULTIPLE AS CONDITION -A-
        ...OK? Yes// N  (No)
    VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS EQUALS 1471 (MENTHOL)
                 and VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS EQUALS 1629 (ACETONE)

DO YOU WANT THIS SEARCH SPECIFICATION TO BE CONSIDERED TRUE FOR CONDITION -A-
        1) WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE 'ACTIVE INGREDIENTS' MULTIPLES SATISFIES IT
        2) WHEN ALL OF THE 'ACTIVE INGREDIENTS' MULTIPLES SATISFY IT
    CHOOSE 1-2: 1// 1


DO YOU WANT THIS SEARCH SPECIFICATION TO BE CONSIDERED TRUE FOR CONDITION -B-
        1) WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE 'ACTIVE INGREDIENTS' MULTIPLES SATISFIES IT
        2) WHEN ALL OF THE 'ACTIVE INGREDIENTS' MULTIPLES SATISFY IT
    CHOOSE 1-2: 1// 1

OR: 

STORE RESULTS OF SEARCH IN TEMPLATE: 

SORT BY: NAME// 
START WITH NAME: FIRST// 
FIRST PRINT FIELD: NAME  
THEN PRINT FIELD: ACTIVE INGREDIENTS    (multiple)
  THEN PRINT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD: .01  ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
  THEN PRINT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD: 
THEN PRINT FIELD: 
Heading (S/C): VA PRODUCT SEARCH// 
DEVICE: HOME//   TELNET
VA PRODUCT SEARCH                              JAN  6,2006  09:19    PAGE 1
NAME
    ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ABSORBINE JR LINIMENT
    BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE
    MENTHOL
    CHLOROXYLENOL
    ACETONE
    THYMOL
    ZINC STEARATE
EXTRA STRENGTH ABSORBINE JR LINIMENT
    POTASSIUM IODIDE
    IODINE
    MENTHOL
    CHLOROXYLENOL
    ACETONE
    THYMOL 


 
Robert DeWayne


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert DeWayne
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Fileman search broken?

The search feature is not broken, it works great. 

Select OPTION: SEARCH FILE ENTRIES  

OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: VA PRODUCT// 

  -A- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT FIELD:    ACTIVE INGREDIENTS   (multiple)

    -A- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD:    ACTIVE INGREDIENT
S
    -A- CONDITION: CONTAINS  
    -A- CONTAINS: EPINEPHRINE

    -B- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD:    ACTIVE INGREDIENT
S
    -B- CONDITION: CONTAINS  
    -B- CONTAINS: HYDROCHLORIDE

    -C- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD: 

  -C- SEARCH FOR VA PRODUCT FIELD: 

IF: AB
        CONDITION -B- WILL APPLY TO THE SAME MULTIPLE AS CONDITION -A-
        ...OK? Yes//   (Yes)
    VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS CONTAINS (case-insensitive) "EPINEPHRINE"
                together with VA PRODUCT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS CONTAINS (case-insen
sitive) "HYDROCHLORIDE"

DO YOU WANT THIS SEARCH SPECIFICATION TO BE CONSIDERED TRUE FOR CONDITION -A-
        1) WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE 'ACTIVE INGREDIENTS' MULTIPLES SATISFIES IT
        2) WHEN ALL OF THE 'ACTIVE INGREDIENTS' MULTIPLES SATISFY IT
    CHOOSE 1-2: 1// 2

OR: 

STORE RESULTS OF SEARCH IN TEMPLATE: 

SORT BY: NAME//
START WITH NAME: FIRST//
FIRST PRINT FIELD: NAME  
THEN PRINT FIELD: ACTIVE INGREDIENTS    (multiple)
  THEN PRINT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD: .01  ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
  THEN PRINT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS SUB-FIELD: 
THEN PRINT FIELD: 
Heading (S/C): VA PRODUCT SEARCH// 
DEVICE: HOME//   TELNET
VA PRODUCT SEARCH                              JAN  6,2006  08:53    PAGE 1
NAME
    ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EPINEPHRINE 1MG/ML INJ
    EPINEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE
EPINEPHRINE 1MG/ML INJ,SYRINGE,1ML
    EPINEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE
EPINEPHRINE 1MG/ML INJ,TUBEX,1ML
    EPINEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE

 
Robert DeWayne


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Woodhouse
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Fileman search broken?

--- "Nevius, Gordon D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Kevin is not doing anything wrong, the Search can not do this because 
> he is searching on the .01 field of the multiple and obviously the .01 
> field can not be equal to acetaminophen and alcohol at the same time, 
> so Kevin needs to do a "double search".
> 

I don't know if the technique I demonstrated (see my other post for a screen 
capture) is an "undocumented feature" or not, but Fileman seems able to do a 
self-join without requiring the user to explicitly create a sort template (not 
that there's anything wrong with this approach), it just doesn't give any 
indication that this capability is supported.

===
Gregory Woodhouse  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If you give someone Fortran, he has 
Fortran.
If you give someone Lisp, he has any language he pleases."
--Guy L. Steele, Jr. 


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