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From: Eric Haas <>
Subject: Re[2]: [TMG] States: Spell Out or Abbreviate?
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:00:46 -0500
References: <6.1.2.0.2.20041226154457.01b150b8@pop.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20041226154457.01b150b8@pop.earthlink.net>


Sunday, December 26, 2004, 3:49:18 PM, John & Lee Wood wrote:

JLW> After reading the thread on spelling out or abbreviating state names, I
JLW> decided that I should convert my abbreviated names to full names. However,
JLW> I have close to 20,000 people in my database, which would be tedious to
JLW> convert manually, to say the least. Is there any way to do a global
JLW> conversion?


You don't have to do it for each person, you just have to do it for
each place in the Master Place List (MPL). There is a search & replace
function available in the MPL.

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