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From: "John Cardinal" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] All at once Family NAME Change?
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:57:17 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3D9DA2F0.3000101@reigelridge.com>
Terry Reigel wrote:
> I'd like to offer a dissenting view. I would not encourage anyone to use
> the sort name feature in this way. The problem is that the name is then
> always sorted in the "wrong" place -- you cannot find it where it's
> supposed to be if you look for the actual spelling. Instead of changing
> the sort name, I suggest adding a "standard" name tag that uses the
> standardized spelling you prefer. This way, the name appears with all
> the others in the Picklist, but is also available in the picklist under
> the actual spelling of the name, so if you find it in a source you can
> look it up that way.
>
> In my view, the sort name is best used for names with surname prefixes
> (like de and la) where the user wants the name to sort under the main
> part of the surname.
I agree.
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