filtering records problem

[patolujolimone_2]

hello,

i'd like to ask the pros out there if it is possible to filter records with (dynamic) value lists.

i've got two tables ( A and B ) with the following fields: "contact no", "first name", "last name","school" and "city".

(i don't want having to click on a search button to filter the records, thats why i'm looking for a relationship solution)

I want to filter in table A records from table B being able to use all the fields (but not at once) as filtering criteria.

While it is easy to set up a relationship that lets me filtering records as I want for ONE field (with a portal and a relationship), I havent found a solution that lets me filtering records with all the fields.

basically, I need a database that can filter records as the attached Excel sheet does:

a) filtering records with all the fields and with value lists that contains all the values entered in the table

dynamic value lists that adapt their content to the SHOWED records only

while point A is a must, B is not so important to me.

anybody knows

list.zip

[Søren Dyhr]

I want to filter in table A records from table B being able to use all the fields (but not at once) as filtering criteria.

It's the "but not at once" that really are bothesome - So it's not the above graph you mean, hoefully are you aware that you then via script should deal with 2^5 combinations?? But the objective was a non scripted solution wasn't it?

--sd

[John Mark Osborne]

I think this file from my web site will help you with your solution:

http://www.filemakerpros.com/TYPEAHEAD.zip

[patolujolimone_2]

thank you a lot, Søren Dyhr and John Mark Osborne. Both the graphic and especially John Marks file helped me a lot in finding a solution.

the clue was to work with two calculation fields that filters the related records, pointing to a third field that contains the searched data. fantastic. :