Most of us don't mind helping, but we're certainly not looking for extra
work. Unfortunately there's become too much risk from accepting e-mails from
unknown sources due to viruses. So you likely won't get any takeup on that.

Searching on 6 criteria won't be that hard, especially if you are willing to
create a concatenated key. However, it's the "some cases <= or =" that will
be the monkey wrench. You will have to define these cases very well before
you can get Excel to look them up properly.

I like Bernie's idea. Why have them enter the criteria at all? Why not just
look it up in the data base using the AutoFilter?

Regards,
Fred.

"Rich D" wrote in message
...
Fred,
The plans db is in Excel also. The columns are labelled the same and the
criteria needs to either match exactly in some cases or be <= or + in
some
cases, depending on which column I'm comparing to (looking in). This
would
be much simpler if I could just email you the file. thanks for any help.
--
Rich D
Armstrong Custom Homes
Redmond


"Fred Smith" wrote:

You're assuming we know as much as you do. What does the "plans data
base"
look like? Is it in Excel? Are the six criteria all in one cell, or
separate
cells? Does each criteria match exactly, or do you, for example, want to
match 2.5 baths to 2 baths?

Regards,
Fred.

"Rich D" wrote in message
...
Ken,

You're assuming I know more than I do. Can you give me an example?

thanks
--
Rich D
Armstrong Custom Homes
Redmond


" wrote:

Rich

Add a column with a formula that concatenates your six criteria and
use that for you look up column.

Good luck.

Ken
Norfolk, Va


On May 22, 4:40 pm, Rich D wrote:
Hi,

In Excel 2003, I have a page where my people will put in 6 criteria;
Style,
Min Sq Footage, Max Sq Footage,# Bedrooms, # Baths, Garage stalls.

I need to search thru the plans data base to list the plan numbers
that
match ( or <) all 6 criteria. Can anyone please tell me how to do
this?
--
Rich D
Armstrong Custom Homes
Redmond