Field names
When you search for a person in the WHO database, you normally search
with their name. In fact, words you give will be matched against any
part of a person's phone book record, so you can search by phone
number or division, for example.
You can, however, specify that a value must match a particular field
by prefixing it with a field name. Field names all start with colons
(:) to distinguish them from any other data.
You can give many such sets of field name and value(s), which must
all match (logical AND) for a name to be displayed. Here are some
field names -- these can be abreviated to two letters:
- CODE
- FOLLOWED BY
- :phone
- A (four digit) phone number
- :building
- A building number, eg 513
- :surname
- The surname (last name, normally family name) of a person.
If the surname consists of several words, any number of these may
be specified.
- :firstname
- The forenames of a person.
- :flooroffice
- A room number of the form 1-007
- :div
- The division, eg ":div ecp" to select only those in ECP division.
See also :CG.
- :cg
- A code for a persons "group" inside their division in the CERN
hierarchy. For example, AS
- :all
- A field consisting of the whole phone book line followed by the
preferred electronic mail address and the account-file information
belonging to the same person.
Example:
searching with string
<![CDATA[ john :div cn :cg as
]]>finds all people called "John" as first name or second name in division
CN. group AS. For more field names, see the writeup on the WHO program.
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Tim BL