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Old 09-10-2007, 03:22 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Thank you everyone for downloading IDLookup. I have updated the installation instructions as I have been told that there have been some difficulties installing IDLookup. I should make it clear that this is a demo of the full version. It is tied to the sample database.

The instructions can be found on my blog:

RE-Decoded » Blog Archive » Installing IDLookup

If you still have problems installing it then please do not hesitate to contact me.

David


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I wrote a plug-in for charities in UK (but it could be used by other charities too) to help this with this problem. It is a unique record number lookup. This started out as a way to lookup the import ids and constituent ids of records that had been sent to a third party. The third party forgot to return the list with the ids that were supplied to them!

It was then realized that this tool could be used to check for duplicates before importing a cold list into RE. It uses a variety of fields to check for duplicates. I am including a screen shot that will give you an idea. It was set up for UK addresses (in as much as the post code format contains two halves) but could easily be adapted for other address matching.

If anyone is interested in this tool then please do not hesitate to contact me.

David
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