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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 15:11:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: Accommodating alternative column values
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On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, Christophe Pettus wrote:

> To be clear, I wasn't suggesting stuffing them all into a text column with
> a delimiter, but storing them in a text *array* field, each email address
> one component of the array.

Okay. I've not before done that and will learn how. This data set is the
only one I've encountered that has a very few multiple email addresses for a
person.

Thanks,

Rich