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From: "wim prange" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Query on Annotation Field
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:28:20 +0100
In-Reply-To: <CHEMKKAJHOKJPIEOPLKDCEFJEOAA.clcasper@sprynet.com>


Hi CheriC,

In Access [ is a special search character, when you enter the string
"th[ea]n", Access will find "then" and "than". Try searching for [[]Note* or
*Note*. I'm not experiencing any crashes either.

Gr. Wim

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Cheri Casper [mailto:]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 13 januari 2004 19:48
> Aan:
> Onderwerp: RE: [GENBOX] Query on Annotation Field
>
>
> Paul - I have a series of Annotations that begin [Note: Yada yada yada].
> Therefore, I tried *[Note, *Note, [Note, Note. Zip. Either a message that
> this is an "invalid pattern string" or I get a crash.
>
> Cheri
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul J. Harris [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:30 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Query on Annotation Field
>
>
> Cheri,
>
> Is this before or after upgrading to 3.1.10, as this issue was addressed in
> .10? I am not having any problems searching annotations. Could you be more
> specific about your search criteria so I can try to duplicate your results?
>
> Paul
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cheri Casper [mailto:]
> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:46 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [GENBOX] Query on Annotation Field
> >
> >
> > Is anybody else experiencing crashes when they try to query on
> > the contents
> > of an Annotation field?
> >
> > CheriC
> >
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