returning the missing value

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1997

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texte = Hi all,I'm trying to return the missing item in a client's search.Here's the set up:Inventory.db contains hundreds of records each withone field named productName.It looks something like this: productName apples pears plums oranges The client may type 2 or 20 (or more) names of products to search forin a single

(It must be a _single_ input field toaccommodate lots of product names.)It looks something like this: pears, apples, bananasI'm having no trouble returning the items in the client's searchlist that match the items in my Inventory.db.It looks something like this: pears, apples,But without using AppleScript (very slow), I can't seem to returnthe items that don't match.It would look something like this: bananas,This seemed like a simple task at first. But I'm stumped now.-- Eddie (Yes, we have no bananas.) SchriefferThe Creative EdgeSpartanburg, SC

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Hi all,I'm trying to return the missing item in a client's search.Here's the set up:Inventory.db contains hundreds of records each withone field named productName.It looks something like this: productName apples pears plums oranges <snip>The client may type 2 or 20 (or more) names of products to search forin a single <textarea> (It must be a _single_ input field toaccommodate lots of product names.)It looks something like this: pears, apples, bananasI'm having no trouble returning the items in the client's searchlist that match the items in my Inventory.db.It looks something like this: pears, apples,But without using AppleScript (very slow), I can't seem to returnthe items that don't match.It would look something like this: bananas,This seemed like a simple task at first. But I'm stumped now.-- Eddie (Yes, we have no bananas.) SchriefferThe Creative EdgeSpartanburg, SC

Eddie Schrieffer <eschrieffer@creativeedge.com>

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