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
48 | Using databases
Finding ranges of information
To find values that are
Use this
operator
Examples
Less than a specified value < <40
<9/7/2010
<M
Less than or equal to a specified value <=
or ≤ (Mac OS)
<=95129
≤05:00:00
<=M
Greater than a specified value > >95129
>9/7/2010
>M
Greater than or equal to a specified value >=
or ≥ (Mac OS)
>=100
>=9/7/2010
≥8:00
≥M
Within the range you specify. A range is
different based on the data type:
1 Numbers: least to greatest
1 Dates and times: earliest to latest
1 Text: first to last word, based on the
index order of words (not the sort
order)
.. or ... (two or
three periods)
12:30...17:30
1/1/2010..6/6/
2010
A...M
To find dates Type this in the field
In June 2010 6/2010
From July 2010 through October 2011 7/2010...10/2011
That occur on a Friday =Friday
From the 10th through the 16th of October or
November 2010
(if the date format is MM/DD/YYYY)
{10..11}/{10..16}/2010
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