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Re: FileMaker Pro 10 Find Request
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Re: FileMaker Pro 10 Find Request


  • Subject: Re: FileMaker Pro 10 Find Request
  • From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 13:37:52 -0700

On May 6, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Oakley Masten wrote:

> Maybe I don't understand the question but - Why not just use:
>
> tell application "FileMaker Pro"
>
>           tell database "NameOfDataBase"
>
>                   show every record whose cell "NameOfField" is "SomeString"
> --or
> 		  show every record whose cell "NameOfField" ≠ "SomeString"
>        	 end tell
>
> end tell
>
> This works for me just fine
> Oakley

Because it is way slow.

Calling native FileMaker find operations has always been the preferred way and is MUCH faster.

For small datasets you may not notice much difference.


Bruce Robertson
Concise Design
Filemaker 9 Certified



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