User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Defining database fields
- Using supplemental fields
- Setting options for fields
- Defining database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Chapter 8 Security measures
- Index
Finding records | 43
Finding text and characters
Search for text in text fields, or in calculation fields that return a text result.
Unless you search for phrases and exact matches, the field can contain other
values in addition to the one(s) you specify, and the values can be in any order.
For example, typing
hotel in a field named Accommodation finds records
for Hotel, Discount Hotel, and Hotel, Luxury.
To find Type this in the field Examples
Words that start with specific
Roman characters (works with
fields that use any language
except Japanese)
The characters Chris Smith finds Chris
Smith, Smith Chris, Chris
Smithson, and Smith Christenson
Words that start with Japanese
Hiragana, Katakana, or Kanji
characters
The characters between
= and *
= 小田 * finds 小田 , 小田山 ,
and 小田川
A phrase or sequence of
characters that match when
they are the first characters in a
word (match phrase from
word start)
The literal text
(characters), including
spaces and punctuation,
between double
quotation marks (")
"Marten and Jones
Interiors" finds Marten
and Jones Interiors but not
Jones and Marten Interiors
", Ltd." finds all
companies with ", Ltd." in the
name, but not those without the
comma
“Spring” finds Springville
but not ColdSpring or HotSpring
Words with one or more
unknown or variable
characters (any one character)
One wildcard character
(@) for each unknown
character
Gr@y finds Gray and Grey
@on finds Don and Ron but not
Bron
Invalid characters in a text
field
? Invalid characters display as
blank characters
Note To find the ? character,
search for “?”
Digits in a text field (any one
digit)
A # character for each
digit
# finds 3 but not 30
## finds 30 but not 3 or 300
#3 finds 53 and 43 but not 3
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