INDI's ID in a family-type query?

SabineS · Post by **SabineS** » 13 Jul 2005 19:55

How can I get the ID of an individual person into a family-type query? I tried:
=RecordId(%INDI.~FATH>%),
but that does not work with family-type queries.

Sabine

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YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 13 Jul 2005 21:00

Obivously to get the ID in a family query you need to start from a family rather than an INDI record.

As usual the best way to do this is to use the data reference files list pick the route information and then wrap the function around it.

So
%FAM.HUSB> returns the husband, therefore
=RecordId(%FAM.HUSB>%)
returns the husbands record id
FAM.WIFE> returns the wife, therefore
=RecordId(%FAM.WIFE>%)
returns the wifes record id

SabineS · Post by **SabineS** » 14 Jul 2005 07:04

Jane,

thanks again - those data references are hard to understand, but once one has got them, they are extremely powerful. One of the most interesting features in this software.

Sabine

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