Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Delete a record
Applies to User Roles:
System Administrator
Example: Delete the contact record you added for Richard Butler by following the steps in the taskDuplicate an existing record.
To delete a record:
- Open a form in Database Manager. In this example, open the =contacts form.
- Search for the existing record by entering BUTLER, RICHARD in the Contact Name field and clicking Search.
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Click Delete.
Confirm the action at the prompt.
- Click Yes to continue with the record deletion. If successful, the following message displays: Contact Information record deleted.
Related topics
Determining System Navigator menu options
Multiple-record functions
Single-record functions
Add a record
Clear an initial record
Duplicate an existing record
Open a record using Database Manager
Print a record
Update an existing record
