摘要 |
A computing device which has stored thereon a contacts database which includes a mechanism for automatically generating an alias field when a user enters a new contact record. The mechanism enables a user to search for records using the alias field. The database also provides a mechanism for automatically generating a plurality of search strings based on characters entered by a user. In addition, the database provides a mechanism for searching fields in a database in accordance with a predefined search string. That search string includes at least one character from one field and at least two characters from another field. |