Sherry, I used the website but I can't recall which bit -whether it was the suggestion form or the bit that generates an email to tech support (You see why I need a search facility!!). I sent it three or four days ago I think.
BTW I saw the apparently knowledgable comments earlier about searching SQL databases but I really can't buy the bottom line.I was quite serious in saying that virtually all the major software I use can search for any word in the databases used by the software and at least some of these certainly use SQL, at least as a query language. Plainly, by being able to export a gedcom file and query it with another piece of software, which is my current workaround, it indicates that such a capability could be built into Legacy and I suspect without any great difficulty. Boolean searching would be nice too but as a starter, I would be very happy with a simple "find all occurences" type of search. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 7:19 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Search Woes and Pleas Chris, I don't see that I ever got the post. You used the suggestion form? When did you send it? Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Knight Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Search Woes and Pleas Searching for data I know I have entered in Legacy, drives me up the wall! Legacy is a great program in many ways and certainly the one I use most for genealogy but its search facility has to be the most useless clumsiest one ever seen since the days of papyrus or stone tablets. Why Oh Why can't it simply search for any word or partial word in all fields of all record types? Nearly all the software I use has this facility and I cannot see why Legacy hasn't got it. I often enter a piece of data and forget exactly where I put it but then I can never find it in Legacy. Sometimes, exporting the Gedcom to another genealogy program works for me but then Legacy proprietary fields usually don't make the transition too well and it's gone forever except for a lucky accident. I left a suggestion on the Legacy website, asking for this in the next release but received no reply - can we all please ask for this and then maybe they will take notice? Thanks, Chris Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
