Re: Oracle Forms and special query operators

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: "Cris Carampa" <cris119_at_operamail.com> wrote in message
news:4447b52c$0$29109$5fc30a8_at_news.tiscali.it...
: DA Morgan wrote:
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: > Type in an ampersand "&" and execute the query.
: > You can type in an entire WHERE clause with AND and OR if you wish.
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: Daniel,
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: as I wrote, I do know this feature, but unfortunately our users refuse
: to use it because they don't want to remember the names of the database
: columns.
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: I was wondering whether there is a more "user-friendly" way to do that.
:
: Thank you. Kind regards,
:
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: Cris Carampa (spamto:cris119_at_operamail.com)
:
: potevo chiedere come si chiama il vostro cane
: il mio è un po' di tempo che si chiama Libero

[Quoted] yes, AFAIR, you can flag fields in query mode with with not just a & but also a letter or ':' and a letter and reference these instead of the column names within the pop-up WHERE window

it's been a while since of done this and i don't have access to a working installation, so maybe someone else can be a bit more specific on the syntax.

++ mcs Received on Thu Apr 20 2006 - 22:11:19 CEST