Be that as it may, I think it should be. I understand that users can be taught to only put in partial searches and select correct one from a list... but this is not sufficient for full database use.
This became an issue during the uploading of transcription. The transcriptionist has to put the name of the patient on the report. In this case "DOE,JOHN D." The system looked for a patient by this name and couldn't find it because it wanted "DOE,JOHN D" Kevin --- Lloyd Milligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried a simple experiment using K X as the input > transform. This makes > any new input value invalid. Lookup of existing > values worked the same as > before, which proves, I think, that the input > transform is not involved, as > Steve says. > > Lloyd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "steven mcphelan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:37 AM > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Unusual search > failure. > > > > Fileman does do some transformations but not all, > unless I have > > misunderstood how Fileman works all these years. > Yes, if he knows the > > lookup field is a date field, he will convert the > user supplied value to > > an > > internal Fileman value. I am not sure if he > actually runs the value > > through > > the input transform though. He may just convert > the user supplied value > > by > > invoking ^%DT directly. For fields that are > pointers to other files, he > > actually uses the user supplied value and does the > lookup on the > > pointed-to > > file. > > > > In any case, I do not think he runs the user > supplied value through the > > input transform prior to doing the lookup. I am > waiting for someone more > > intimately knowledgeable about the inner workings > of Fileman to confirm or > > dispute my understanding. But I have been through > Fileman lookup many > > times > > in Break mode. I do not remember seeing Fileman > running the user input > > through the input transform prior to doing the > lookup. By my memory > > faddeths... > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the > post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt > from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, > almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
