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> Separating makes searching/indexing on last name easier. What do you mean "last name"? If you have two last names, then what? If you have no last name, the
by henrikschroder 7y ago
> Separating makes searching/indexing on last name easier.
What do you mean "last name"?
If you have two last names, then what?
If you have no last name, then what?
> Keeping them separate inevitably results in a convention to put company names in the last name field for corporations
If you only have a single field for name, this problem disappears.
- codr7 7y agoI mean everything but the first name. Yes, but then you have to deal with the indexing/search problem instead.
- henrikschroder 7y agoYeah, but if you only have one last name field, you can only index on people's first last name, not their second last name? How are you going to solve that?