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  1. BParsons

    Grouping on Similar Merchant Names

    I didnt say it was a perfect solution, it will get you close.
  2. BParsons

    Grouping on Similar Merchant Names

    I've done something very similar in the past. What I did was strip out all of the punctuation, spaces, and in your case you'd need to strip the numbers as well. That would get you pretty close. I used a series of loops to accomplish this.
  3. BParsons

    Top 5 selection

    Right, but if you were to do the running total on the same field that is being used for the summary in the grouped section but placed it in the report footer it would only sum/count the records that were included in the top 5 groups. This works because of the evaluation time of the running total.
  4. BParsons

    Top 5 selection

    Why wouldn't a standard running total work in this situation?
  5. BParsons

    Making Work Fun?

    Spider thing worked GREAT. It was funny because when my boss answered the phone he picked it up so fast the spider went over his shoulder. He didn’t see it till he started to hang the phone up then he dropped the phone and the back-pedaling started. He didn’t scream like I was hoping but he...
  6. BParsons

    Making Work Fun?

    I might have to give that spider thing a shot. Right now we have tons of those things lying around as Halloween decorations.
  7. BParsons

    Letter of Resignation

    What are some key points to include in it? TIA, Brad
  8. BParsons

    Multiple Parameter Record Selection Issue

    How about this; (If {?strBusinessUnits} <> "***ALL***" then {Command.BUSINESS_UNIT} = {?strBusinessUnits} else If {?strBusinessUnits} = "***ALL***" then true)
  9. BParsons

    Change Legend On Chart

    You can right click on the label and select Edit Axis Label. This will change it on the chart and the legend.
  10. BParsons

    How do I NOT get a number to round

    I'm not familiar with Crystal 8 but if you have the truncate function you could use this; Truncate(MyField,1).
  11. BParsons

    Can I pass variable data to a static URL using Hyperlink

    I've done something similar to this before by creating a formula that has the text of the hyperlink and then insert your database fields where they need to be. Something like this; "www.mysite.com/" & table.field & "blahblahblah...". You are just concatenating the link using the database...
  12. BParsons

    Making Work Fun?

    jsaxe - That's beautiful. We had a guy write a script that would display a "You have a virus" message when any MS games were launched on a PC. Push that out to some PC's and let the fun begin. We never actually did but it sure would have made for a good laugh.
  13. BParsons

    Making Work Fun?

    Tried the bells and whistle thing, it just became the norm and now I am continually raising the bar for whats expected from me. Not that that’s a bad thing but it kind of takes the "fun" out of it.
  14. BParsons

    Postal Address Comparison

    Thanks for your suggestions. I ended up writing a little algorithm to manipulate and reconstruct the address. Then used the result of that to group the like addresses together and determine a "household".
  15. BParsons

    Making Work Fun?

    I’ve been with my current employer a little over a year and like what I do but every now and then you need something to make it interesting. What do you guys/gals do to make work more enjoyable and break the monotony of day to day operations? Thanks
  16. BParsons

    Postal Address Comparison

    I’m looking for ideas on analyzing addresses to determine if they are the same so that I can combine groups of individuals with the same address together and assign them a single “household id”. As you can imagine with all of the variations of address data there are several possibilities for...
  17. BParsons

    is there a previous or next function with vb syntax

    Are you looking for these; PreviousValue(field) and NextValue(field)?
  18. BParsons

    Changing Column Data Type

    Worked like a charm!
  19. BParsons

    Changing Column Data Type

    SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition We have large table (a few million records) that has been storing a column as an incorrect data type. This column is supposed to be storing interest rates but the data is being stored as an integer. What would be the best way to convert it to the numeric data...
  20. BParsons

    Asking for a Raise

    I've never had to ask for a raise before and was hoping for a little input on the best way to handle it. Thanks in advance, Brad

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