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I have a data file and I need to find about 100 different zip codes within a DB(there are about 3000 total zips). Is there a better way to do it than just manually entering each one, adding a new find request, entering again, etc?

FYI _ I am copying them from Excel.

Your help is much appreciated!

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Its just any field (date, text etc) with its storage options set to "global storage". Globals are really useful tools, but they take a while to explain and learn to exploit.

Do a search on the forums, there's plenty of posts RE globals.

~Genx

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here is what I have tried so far...

Go to scriptmaker. New Script. Choose Peform Find. Specify find request. (Find). Find records when List Name ZIP_CODE field and then that is where I get lost. I paste all the zip codes in the criteria box and I have used various symbols (range, =, etc) in front of the first one. None them work.

Can you make a suggestion based on that?

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First thing to do is to define a new text field, and set the storage options to global. Place it on a layout, so you can paste into it.

Your script should be exactly like the script in the link above - just replace Table::gCheckbox with the names of your table and your new global field, Radiofield with the name of your zipcode field, and add a Perform Find[] step at the end.

Note that there ARE NO criteria specified in the Perform Find[] - it's all done thru Set Field[] steps.

All this is assuming your zipcodes are separated by a carriage return.

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