Hey all...I am so not used to the search/report functionality of FM. Could someone explain to me the following script setup.

i have a table of records that I am trying to get where one field is equal to only a few string values and another field is only equal to a few values. the best i can do is give a sql based version of what this script will look like...

SELECT *

FROM FEE

WHERE (Stage = "value1" or Stage = "value2")

AND (Status = "value3" or Status = "value4")

I hope that helps to define it a bit.

YEAH I LOVE FILEMAKER AND THE SCRIPTING!!!

Extend Found Set...why not just allow the entering of multiple criteria on the same field in the initial find.

Edited September 19, 200718 yr by Guest

Depending on the data set you're working with, you might do it like this, starting from a layout based on a FEE table occurrence:

Find request 1: Stage = "value1", Status = "value3"

Find request 2: Stage = "value1", Status = "value4"

Find request 3: Stage = "value2", Status = "value3"

Find request 4: Stage = "value2", Status = "value4"

or like this (assumes you only have 4 "Status" values, so omits the first 2)

Find request 1: Stage = "value1"

Find request 2: Stage = "value2"

Find request 3: Status = "value1" OMIT

Find request 4: Status = "value2" OMIT

This isn't code, it's just a way of describing the Find requests, which you can do manually or script. See:

http://www.filemaker.com/help/03-Finding%20sorting10.html