RE: Database design question -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: Database design question
From: "Musselman, Paul" <pmusselman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 14:48:59 +0000
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Even worse-- we continue to find users with same first -and- middle initials and last names. Several users have middle initials of X, Y, Z, W...

Paul E Musselman
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Yeung
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 10:01 AM
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Subject: Re: Database design question

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It has happened. Drop off a character at the end and use a middle initial
or something after the first initial.

Oh, that is disappointing. So much for hard, fast rules.

John Y.

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