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Re: Duplicate record from one table to another

by Søren Dyhr :: Rate this Message:

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Den 22/07/2008 kl. 21.11 skrev Katherine Wendt:

> Families would only be moved one at a time from one table to the  
> other, not in batches.

Never the less is it just as relationally unhealthy as this:

http://www.nabble.com/Aggregating-numbers-from-different-tables-to18298654.html

The only real difference should be a single boolean attribute active/
passive, otherwise is it a complete entity duplication if you insist  
on having two tables, you would better be off studying de-duping  
strategies, look say here:

http://www.fmforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attid/13677/

Where I show how to use the Replace in Globale as Agnès have named it,  
in the script-listing in the very end:

http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/deleting-duplicate-records-in-filemaker/


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