On 3/29/06, Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin wrote:
> >Bill,
> >
> >Thanks.  And a "query" is really a search, right?  And search, in my
> >opinion, is not a strong feature of Fileman.  If something is not
> >indexed, there is no "brute force" search method other than writing a
> >program to do it.
> >
> >Kevin
>
> Fileman search module can be used to find pretty much anything in the 
> database, but it
> returns only top level records. It does not depend on cross references.

Yes this true, but I think that the FIND^DIC api call DOES depend on
indexes.  We went all through this before.

> You could use the query tools included with M2Web to access the same data. I 
> think I
> previously sent examples of some simple queries to answer questions you asked 
> here on drug
> ingredients.
>

Yes, M2Web is a powerful extension to Fileman.

Kevin


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