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