Out of curiosity, if someone is searching for 'All Types' but completes this field, will the search engine only return Deaths as it is currently coded? BTW: Option 4: As now, but with a note by the field "Only use this field for Deaths" But I prefer option 2, especially if it would also work for 'All Types" searches. Over and out... Angie > -----Original Message----- > From: Homer15king@aol.com [mailto:Homer15king@aol.com] > Sent: 22 April 2004 20:29 > To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: {not a subscriber} Doing Wrong ? > > > In an email dated Thu, 22 Apr 2004 3:27:21 pm GMT, Dave Mayall > <david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk> writes: > > >On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:40:36 +0100, you wrote: > > > >>Perhaps the contents of that field should be ignored by the Search > >>Engine unless  searching for a death. > > > >That is a thought! > > > >Currently, the search engine handles the incompatibility by forcing > >the type to be DEATHS, regardless of what is selected. > > > >There are 3 possible ways of proceeding; > > > >1) As now. > >2) Ignore the field for all except Deaths > >3) Generate an error message > > > >Dave Mayall > > It is my humble opinion that either of the second choices above > would be an improvment on the status quo which isn't too clear > when you consider not everybody is as familiar with the site as > others. If the wording on the search page could be made clearer > that would also suffice but I suppose the best option would be > the one easiest to code. > Phil Eastwood > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:03:52 +0100, you wrote: >Out of curiosity, if someone is searching for 'All Types' but completes this >field, will the search engine only return Deaths as it is currently coded? Yes. Completion of this field causes the Type field to be ignored. >BTW: Option 4: As now, but with a note by the field "Only use this field for >Deaths" People wouldn't read it. >But I prefer option 2, especially if it would also work for 'All Types" >searches. It wouldn't. There are huge problems in getting option 2 to work when more than one type is selected. -- Dave Mayall