Event in same date range

[JW]

I have a db with

events - test field

date from - date field

date to - date field

period - cac - (date to - date from) + 1

location - text field

How can I prevent that a same location is used into a all ready exist daterange?

Thanks

JW

[LiveOak]

A little complex, but it boils down to how to build a relationship between two records that have the same location and date. If you have such a relationship, then you can detect if there is already a record in the range. to build this relationship you will need a "Compound" (made out of more than one field) "multi-key" (has more than one key). A multi-key is a text field containing more than one key separated by carriage returns. For Example

location = "London"

date from = 12/1/2001 (MM/DD/YY in the US)

date to = 12/5/2001

Key =

London12/1/2001

London12/2/2001

London12/3/2001

London12/4/2001

London12/5/2001

If you build a self relationship between two records using this "Key" any records with an overlapping location/date will be related and can then be detected.

You will probably have to build this key with a looping script or a plug-in.

-bd