>A question in somewhat the same ballpark....
>
> ....Can you do a find or query in FileMaker/ebase to generate
>a found set
>or group that is a random selection, say, every 3rd, 5th or 8th name or
>member number. Just wondering.
That's not really random, but...
It wouldn't be too tough to write a script to run through a found set
and omit 3 records in a row and skip the next, for example. It occurs
to me that to select a really random set, for what ever use, you
could generate a field with the function random, sort by that field,
and omit all but a the number you want.
>
> Gary Freeman
> Missouri Prairie Foundation
>
>
>
>At 09:14 AM 3/15/01 -0700, you wrote:
>>What you're asking for is a way to find a group, but without a
>>criterion to select them by. That's hard for humans, let alone a
>>silicon-based processor. You've got to specify a search criterion to
>>find a group, even if you are going to look through them one by one
>>(and you sure don't want to do that with 4000 records). Look around
>>and see if you can find something. If you invited them for a specific
>>day, you must have a record of that. How did you invite them? Are
>>there contact records for the invitation? How did you specify in the
>>invitation which day they were invited for?
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Dave Shaw [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 7:55 AM
>>>To: TechRocks Support
>>>Subject: [support] Re: Selecting names
>>>
>>>>I would like to know if there is a way to select some names (no find
>>>>involved) from the Ebase then forward them as a "found set" to file
>>>>export.
>>>
>>>Hard to answer that, since a Find is the basic method for generating
>>>a found set.
>>>
>>>>Specifically, were having a 3 day event with some folks invited
>>>>on Friday, others on Sat and the rest on Sunday.
>>>>
>>>>Seems to me there should be a way. I know I can omit the Fridays from the
>>>>Sat & Sunday list.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I'm not at all clear on what you are attempting here. I'll guess that
>>>you want to isolate a found set of the folks who are invited for each
>>>day. How is that coded? Do you have a field in which you have entered
>>>the day they are invited? You can search on any field in the file, so
>>>you can do a find for the day.
>>>
>>>Thank you, for your prompt reply! Regretfully there's nothing similar
>>>between the individuals so no way to "find" them as a group. There are
>>>4,000 invited on Sunday. For them I can omit those invited on Sat or Sun.
>>> But is there a way to pull those individuals out for the weekend?
>>>I'll also add that you can omit records one by one with the menu item
>>>Records>Omit Record. If it's a short list, you scroll through the
>>>list and omit selected records as appropriate. Tedious for many
>>>records and easier to enter the day they are invited someplace so you
>>>can search more quickly the next time.
>>>--
>>>Dave Shaw Northwest Classics, Inc
>>>tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
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