Finding duplicate text in 2 fields

[Philip Jenks]

Hi

I've just done a stupid thing. I had 120,000 records, some of which had an entry in Address 2 but not in Address 1, and it annoyed me. So, to shunt the address upwards, I did a search for empty Address 1, then ran a script which copied Address 2 into Address 1, when what I should have done is CUT from 2 to 1. The result is that somewhere among those 120,000 records I have about 55,000 records which have the same text in Address 1 and Address 2, and since I didn't notice till some time later, I don't know how to identify the 55,000 and delete the text in 2.

I tried creating a calculation field which subtracts 2 from 1, and hoped that this would result in a unique number which I could then use, but that doesn't seem to work. The fields do have '0' in that calculation field, but so do lots of other records with non-identical 2 and 1.

Anyone got any better ideas? Grateful for your advice.

Thanks.

[Raybaudi]

Create a calculation field:

Exact ( Address 1 ; Address 2 )

and, in find mode, search that field for 1.

Then you'll be able to replace Address 2 with empty

[Philip Jenks]

Hi Raybaudi

Problem solved! Thanks very much. Saved me a lot of hassle.

Philip

Create a calculation field:

Exact ( Address 1 ; Address 2 )

and, in find mode, search that field for 1.

Then you'll be able to replace Address 2 with empty