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|    21 Mar 07 14:49:45    |
      From: delllz@comcast.net              FOR PARADOX 8              I'm making a name and address database (no phone) with a dozen fields; there       would be about 500 records. The sequence is: Last       Name, First Name, Organization, Street, City, etc. Field type is A        for all fields. I'm assigning a key to Last Name and First Name;        Organization       is not a good bet for a duplicate-breaker (thus having       a key ) because very few records will use Organization. I could       assign a key to Street, but Organization is between First Name and Street,       putting Street out of sequence.              I could have the sequence as Last Name, First Name, Street, Organization--and       assign a key to the first three. The mailing label Expert would allow me       to put Street and Organizaiton where they        belong for mailing labels.              Please comment.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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