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manglum
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I am wondering if there is a way to search for a string within a given table and if the string is found, identify the name of the field the string was located in?

To clarify, I'm not talking about searching for a field name. Here is an example:

Search for value ='Doug' and 'Doug' was found in field ='FIRST_NAME', so the function would return back 'FIRST_NAME'



In my case there is no chance that the string would be located in more than one field.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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BabakNYC
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You might want to look into the Magnify feature of WebFOCUS.


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sh98110
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Well, I could think of a few ways to do this in WebFOCUS. The simplest - brute force - way would be to TABLEF and SAVE the data, then create a MASTER with a single field - say, OLINE, OLINE, A2000, A2000 - for the SAVE data, and TABLE on OLINE with a CONTAINS on your string.

Slightly less brute force would be to create a DEFINE of all ALPHA fields in the master, and then search for your string in that DEFINE.

Of course, best approach depends on number of columns being searched, volumes of data, and other factors not described in the original post. Still, I think you could solve this problem without a Magnify license. Just some thoughts.


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manglum
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I figured out a solution that worked.

I was probably not very clear in that I am not searching amongst the field names themselves, but rather searching the data of the table and reporting back on the field that contained the matching string.


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