According to my Debian Linux online dictionary using Webster from 1913,
indices is the only correct use for roots and powers in mathematics, but
indexes is correct (as well or only, I wonder) elsewhere.
So does that make math majors snobs?
Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes, L. Indices(?)
...
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root
of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is
always indices.]
[1913 Webster]
I expect it is according to 1913 Webster because anything newer is still under
copyright. Do you suppose that we will "regress" as we become more open and
online because copyright protection (for Disney's sake) keeps being extended
longer and longer, so we will be referring to older and older dictionaries?
On Wednesday 19 July 2006 16:27, Greg Woodhouse wrote:
I'm afraid I can't give you a sceen capture right now, but the option
you want is "Cross Reference a Field", which I believe is under the
Utilities menu. The terms index and cross-reference are used
synonymously in Fileman. Keys are related to cross-references, but they
aren't the same thing: Every key must be supported by a special kind of
cross-reference called a uniqueness index, but you can define a
uniqueness index without efining a key.
You will notice that there are two types of cross-references:
traditional and new style. A uniquenes index is a special kind of
new-style cross-reference, so if you create a traditional
cross-reference, you won't encounter any questions about uniqueness.
(Did you notice how I deftly switched to speaking of cross-references
whenever I needed a plural? I can't say "indices" because people will
think I'm a snob, but I can't say "indexes" because people will think
that I can't speak English! Oh well.)
--- Renee Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello
>
>
>
> I have a FileMan file and I would like to create a new index based on
> a
> single field. I tried tooling around with the Q^DI Utility
> Functions, Key
> utilities and I got to the point where I sensed danger ;o) Was I
> headed
> down the right path (Fileman keys are indexes?)? Would someone mind
> capturing a log of creating a new index on a single field so I don't
> destroy
> something?
>
>
>
> Also, what is the command to build an index on a particular file? Is
> it
> Q^DI, option Utility Functions, RE-Index file, etc?
>
>
>
> Thanks once again for being such a helpful group,
>
> Renee
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