Nick,
Thanks a bunch. I figured there was a technique like this, but I just
couldn't find it. As it turned out, I figured another route to the same
thing. Who is it who's famed for saying, "On the other hand, you could
try..."? Dave?
I simply added:
OR
lcase(FN + ' ' + LN) LIKE '%#lcase(SearchText)#%'
to the WHERE clause of my query.
Thanks for the help. I'll hang on to this one for future reference.
--John
Nick Slay wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> You can split out the words from the entry field using lists, for example:
>
> <CFIF ListLen(EntryField, " ") GT 1>
> <CFSET FirstName = ListFirst(EntryField, " ")>
> <CFSET LastName = ListLast(EntryField, " ")>
> <CFELSE>
> <CFSET Name = #Form.EntryField#>
> </CFIF>
>
> Nick
>
> At 14:02 15/05/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have a field, (Person), in a form which will search according to the
> >following criteria:
> >
> >WHERE <CFIF #Person# IS NOT "">
> > lcase(FN) LIKE '%#lcase(Person)#%' OR
> > lcase(LN) LIKE '%#lcase(Person)#%' OR
> > lcase(Real_Name) LIKE '%#lcase(Person)#%'
> > </cfif>
> >
> >I don't have the first and last names combined anywhere in my database,
> >and unless I have users enter names in separate first and last name
> >entry fields (which I'd rather not do), they WILL put both names in the
> >search field. This, of course, won't work.
> >
> >I've RTFM, but I can't figure how to either split out the words in the
> >entry field, or combine two of my database fields within the WHERE
> >clause of my query.
> >
> >Has anyone done something like this? Any help appreciated.
> >
> >--John
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