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From: "Dave Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "TechRocks Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: [support] Re: Selecting names
> >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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