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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><title xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Searching for One or More Records</title><meta xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.50.0"/><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Pilot-DB Users Manual"/><link rel="up" href="ch05.html" title="Chapter 5. Working with a Database"/><link rel="previous" href="ch05s04.html" title="Editing a Record"/><link rel="next" href="ch05s06.html" title="Deleting One or More Records"/></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Searching for One or More Records</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch05s04.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 5. Working with a Database</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch05s06.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="section"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="titlepage"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="id2827983"/>Searching for One or More Records</h2></div></div><fake><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    Several methods are available to search for one or more records.
   </p></fake><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="section"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="titlepage"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h3 class="title"><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="id2828003"/>Record Look-up</h3></div></div><fake><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
     By simply tracing out by means of graffiti the initial letter of the first column displayed of the record being sought.
    </p></fake></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="section"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="titlepage"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h3 class="title"><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="incrementalsearch.sect"/>Incremental Search</h3></div></div><fake><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
     If you use <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="">incremental searching</a>, you can access two search icons.
     The first <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="figures/icons/find.png"/></span>
      icon allows you to search by specifying a target word to be found in either one or all of the fields.
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     Any record found would be highlighted.
     The first <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="figures/icons/repeat.png"/></span>
      icon allows you to continue searching the database.
    </p></fake></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="section"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="titlepage"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h3 class="title"><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="searchfilter.sect"/>Filtered Searching</h3></div></div><fake><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
     If you use <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="">filters</a>, you can just access the 
     <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="figures/icons/find.png"/></span>  icon which allows you to search by specifying a target word to be found in either one or all of the fields.
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     The result of your search will end up in the filter you have chosen. This way you can perform several searches and keep the results on hand. You can then choose which results should be displayed by selecting the corresponding filter.
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