[AccessD] How to Handle Multiple People with the Same Name

Susan Harkins ssharkins at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 17:54:29 CDT 2015


What about sr and jrs living at the same address? :)

Susan H.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 6:45 PM, John W. Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or Address
>
> John W. Colby
>
> On 4/28/2015 6:35 PM, Susan Harkins wrote:
>
>> Depending on the number of records, even a middle name might not be
>> enough.
>> You might want to include a birth date or even the ss# if you're
>> collecting
>> those.
>>
>> Susan H.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Jeff <jeff.developer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I've always just tried to include a middle name after the first name.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>  On Apr 28, 2015, at 4:54 PM, Dan Waters <df.waters at outlook.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Suppose you are writing a system which sets up profiles for all users.
>>>>
>>> And
>>>
>>>> you have two users whose names are both Dave Anderson (common in
>>>> Minnesota!).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How have you handled this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Then, one Dave Anderson leaves the company, and later another Dave
>>>>
>>> Anderson
>>>
>>>> is hired.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now what?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you've dealt with this or just observed a system that works please
>>>> respond.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
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