--- On Fri 08/26, Gene < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
>BE Kelly wrote: >> That is exactly the case, If you have not entered either an alt given >> name or an alternate surname the field does not exist. (This is the >> way relational data bases work, the link between a person and an >> alternate name is in a separate table and only people with alternate >> names have entires in that table. That saves storage space since only >> those people with alt. names use the storage apace for an alt name and >> that is how you can enter more than one alternate name for the same >> person, it is just an extra entry in the alternate name table.) >Bingo! >I knew that but failed to connect it to the current problem. Sherry, >disregard my last reply. Any reasonable program should be able to search on a NULL link ID. Steve >Gene _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com 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
