Searching all location fields would be an outstanding addition,
something I have been longing for, but ... after the Publishing
Center is fully operational and other existing issues (desired new
features are not issues) are addressed ...
To: [email protected]
From: "C.G. Ouimet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy vs FTM
At 2006-01-07 03:44 PM, you wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 15:12:34 -0500, "Elsie Saar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I'm new to the group and thinking about switching to Legacy. One of
>the features I use a lot in FTM is the custom report. Is there a
>similar report in Legacy where I can search for all specifics such as
>all records that contain Elmira, etc.
You can download the free standard version of Legacy and give it a test
drive.
To answer your specific question, you can search a specific field for
text or a date, but you cannot search all fields at once. So you can ask
Legacy to give you a list of individuals whose birthplace contains
"Elmira". But you cannot ask Legacy the find "Elmira" anywhere in the
database. I suppose this is because Legacy uses MS Access as its
underlying database. An SQL query to locate "Elmira" in all columns of
all tables would be a monstrosity.
One workaround would be to export your Legacy data to a GEDCOM, then use
a text editor to search the GEDCOM for "Elmira".
P.S. Because MS Access is the underlying database, you can always
purchase a copy of Access and "roll your own" queries.
--
Dennis M. Kowallek
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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