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 | 47
Invalid data (fields
containing no numbers) in a
number field or calculation
field that produces a
numeric result
? ? finds:
twelve but not 12 or twelve30
Dates on a day of the week
in a date or timestamp field
The day of the week
Note Full or short day names
(for example, Friday or
Fri) are acceptable in day of
week searches.
Tuesday finds all dates that
occur on a Tuesday
=Thu finds all dates that
occur on a Thursday
Any valid value for a date or
time component in a date,
time, or timestamp field
* or leave component
unspecified, while specifying
the other components you
want to find
3/3/* finds the 3rd day of
March in any year
*:15 finds times that are 15
minutes after any hour
1/1/* 7 PM finds
timestamps in the 7
o’clock
hour on January 1st in any
year
Note When the year is
unspecified, the current year is
assumed. 3/3 finds the 3rd
day of March in the current
year
Ranges of information See the next section,
“Finding ranges of
information.”
To find Type this in the field Examples
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