Inconsistent results from to_char(systimestamp,'D')

If I run
select systimestamp ,
to_char(systimestamp,'DAY') DAY,
to_char(systimestamp,'D') DAY_OF_WEEK
from dual
thru SQL Developer or the SQL Workshop I get
20/APR/07 03:45:42.261382000 PM +10:00 FRIDAY 5
If I run the same query from within an APEX application I get
20/APR/07 03:45:42.261382000 PM +10:00 FRIDAY 6
In the same three environments I ran
select value from sys.adam_tmp_view
where name = 'nls_territory'
(by creating the view adam_tmp_view as select * from v$parameter and granting select to public)
and it gave me AMERICA
Any ideas why this might be happening ...

I believe there is a setting somewhere where you can specify whether your calender week starts on a Sunday or a Monday.
Perhaps there is a setting in your application than changes the default calender week start date when you run your app that doesn't apply in SQL dev.

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<pre>
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<pre>
PROCEDURE proc1( p_parm_1 OUT NUMBER, p_parm_2 OUT NUMBER, p_parm_3
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   <ns0:result>
    <ROWSET>
     <ROW
       num="1">
      <ITEM_NBR>K5-8PE-RD</ITEM_NBR>
      <QTY_AVAILABLE>442</QTY_AVAILABLE>
     </ROW>
    </ROWSET>
   </ns0:result>
   <ns0:result>
    <ROWSET>
     <ROW
       num="1">
      <ITEM_NBR>K5-8PE-WH</ITEM_NBR>
      <QTY_AVAILABLE>5650</QTY_AVAILABLE>
     </ROW>
    </ROWSET>
   </ns0:result>
   <ns0:result
     xsi:nil="1"/>
   <ns0:result
     xsi:nil="1"/>
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     xsi:nil="1"/>Does this make sense?
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Rob

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Inconsistent Results from Transport Rule to reset SCL

I have a client who has multiple sites. Their exchange server receives "scan to email" emails from a Canon C2020 Digital Multifunction on a different site. To stop the Exchange 2013 Spam filter blocking the emails, I set up a Transport Rule.
The rule has the following properties
If the Sender Address matches [email protected]
Set the SCL to 3
Generate an incident report and email to the system admin, and inlcude the original email
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Simple enough right.
Wrong - some staff scan to email repeatedly and the scan arrives ok in their inbox. Others, it simply will not let the email thru, and instead places the email into the Spam Mailbox. I open the blocked email, click on Send Again and
it arrives for the user.
Is the Transport Rule functionality buggy or prone to odd behaviour. I have sat and read through the Rule so many times it is tattooed onto my retina.
The Email addresses for all users are created by an Email address policy so all are a consistent format = Firstname + Surname 1st Initial@contoso .com.
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Get-TransportRule returns
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-TransportRule "[Cust-sos-IN] Reset SCL on Scanner emails" | Format-List
RunspaceId                                   : 7f9c4f6e-7d35-409e-acf9-cbb272720b8c
Priority                                     : 2
DlpPolicy                                    :
DlpPolicyId                                  : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Comments                                     :
ManuallyModified                             : False
ActivationDate                               :
ExpiryDate                                   :
Description                                  : If the message:
Is sent to '[email protected]' or
'[email protected]' or
'[email protected]' or
'[email protected]' or
'[email protected]' or
'[email protected]' or
'[email protected]'or...
and Includes these patterns in the From address:
'[email protected]'
Take the following actions:
Set the spam confidence level (SCL) to '3'
and Send the incident report to [email protected], Include
original mail
RuleVersion                                  : 15.0.2.0
Conditions                                   : {SentTo, FromAddressMatches}
Exceptions                                   :
Actions                                      : {SetSCL, GenerateIncidentReport}
State                                        : Enabled
Mode                                         : Enforce
RuleSubType                                  : None
UseLegacyRegex                               : False
From                                         :
FromMemberOf                                 :
FromScope                                    :
SentTo                                       :
{[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]...}
SentToMemberOf                               :
SentToScope                                  :
BetweenMemberOf1                             :
BetweenMemberOf2                             :
ManagerAddresses                             :
ManagerForEvaluatedUser                      :
SenderManagementRelationship                 :
ADComparisonAttribute                        :
ADComparisonOperator                         :
SenderADAttributeContainsWords               :
SenderADAttributeMatchesPatterns             :
RecipientADAttributeContainsWords            :
RecipientADAttributeMatchesPatterns          :
AnyOfToHeader                                :
AnyOfToHeaderMemberOf                        :
AnyOfCcHeader                                :
AnyOfCcHeaderMemberOf                        :
AnyOfToCcHeader                              :
AnyOfToCcHeaderMemberOf                      :
HasClassification                            :
HasNoClassification                          : False
SubjectContainsWords                         :
SubjectOrBodyContainsWords                   :
HeaderContainsMessageHeader                  :
HeaderContainsWords                          :
FromAddressContainsWords                     :
SubjectMatchesPatterns                       :
SubjectOrBodyMatchesPatterns                 :
HeaderMatchesMessageHeader                   :
HeaderMatchesPatterns                        :
FromAddressMatchesPatterns                   :
{[email protected]}
AttachmentNameMatchesPatterns                :
AttachmentExtensionMatchesWords              :
HasSenderOverride                            : False
MessageContainsDataClassifications           :
SenderIpRanges                               :
SCLOver                                      :
AttachmentSizeOver                           :
MessageSizeOver                              :
WithImportance                               :
MessageTypeMatches                           :
RecipientAddressContainsWords                :
RecipientAddressMatchesPatterns              :
SenderInRecipientList                        :
RecipientInSenderList                        :
AttachmentContainsWords                      :
AttachmentMatchesPatterns                    :
AttachmentIsUnsupported                      : False
AttachmentProcessingLimitExceeded            : False
AttachmentHasExecutableContent               : False
AnyOfRecipientAddressContainsWords           :
AnyOfRecipientAddressMatchesPatterns         :
ExceptIfFrom                                 :
ExceptIfFromMemberOf                         :
ExceptIfFromScope                            :
ExceptIfSentTo                               :
ExceptIfSentToMemberOf                       :
ExceptIfSentToScope                          :
ExceptIfBetweenMemberOf1                     :
ExceptIfBetweenMemberOf2                     :
ExceptIfManagerAddresses                     :
ExceptIfManagerForEvaluatedUser              :
ExceptIfSenderManagementRelationship         :
ExceptIfADComparisonAttribute                :
ExceptIfADComparisonOperator                 :
ExceptIfSenderADAttributeContainsWords       :
ExceptIfSenderADAttributeMatchesPatterns     :
ExceptIfRecipientADAttributeContainsWords    :
ExceptIfRecipientADAttributeMatchesPatterns :
ExceptIfAnyOfToHeader                        :
ExceptIfAnyOfToHeaderMemberOf                :
ExceptIfAnyOfCcHeader                        :
ExceptIfAnyOfCcHeaderMemberOf                :
ExceptIfAnyOfToCcHeader                      :
ExceptIfAnyOfToCcHeaderMemberOf              :
ExceptIfHasClassification                    :
ExceptIfHasNoClassification                  : False
ExceptIfSubjectContainsWords                 :
ExceptIfSubjectOrBodyContainsWords           :
ExceptIfHeaderContainsMessageHeader          :
ExceptIfHeaderContainsWords                  :
ExceptIfFromAddressContainsWords             :
ExceptIfSubjectMatchesPatterns               :
ExceptIfSubjectOrBodyMatchesPatterns         :
ExceptIfHeaderMatchesMessageHeader           :
ExceptIfHeaderMatchesPatterns                :
ExceptIfFromAddressMatchesPatterns           :
ExceptIfAttachmentNameMatchesPatterns        :
ExceptIfAttachmentExtensionMatchesWords      :
ExceptIfSCLOver                              :
ExceptIfAttachmentSizeOver                   :
ExceptIfMessageSizeOver                      :
ExceptIfWithImportance                       :
ExceptIfMessageTypeMatches                   :
ExceptIfRecipientAddressContainsWords        :
ExceptIfRecipientAddressMatchesPatterns      :
ExceptIfSenderInRecipientList                :
ExceptIfRecipientInSenderList                :
ExceptIfAttachmentContainsWords              :
ExceptIfAttachmentMatchesPatterns            :
ExceptIfAttachmentIsUnsupported              : False
ExceptIfAttachmentProcessingLimitExceeded    : False
ExceptIfAttachmentHasExecutableContent       : False
ExceptIfAnyOfRecipientAddressContainsWords   :
ExceptIfAnyOfRecipientAddressMatchesPatterns :
ExceptIfHasSenderOverride                    : False
ExceptIfMessageContainsDataClassifications   :
ExceptIfSenderIpRanges                       :
PrependSubject                               :
SetAuditSeverity                             :
ApplyClassification                          :
ApplyHtmlDisclaimerLocation                  :
ApplyHtmlDisclaimerText                      :
ApplyHtmlDisclaimerFallbackAction            :
ApplyRightsProtectionTemplate                :
SetSCL                                       : 3
SetHeaderName                                :
SetHeaderValue                               :
RemoveHeader                                 :
AddToRecipients                              :
CopyTo                                       :
BlindCopyTo                                  :
AddManagerAsRecipientType                    :
ModerateMessageByUser                        :
ModerateMessageByManager                     : False
RedirectMessageTo                            :
RejectMessageEnhancedStatusCode              :
RejectMessageReasonText                      :
DeleteMessage                                : False
Disconnect                                   : False
Quarantine                                   : False
SmtpRejectMessageRejectText                  :
SmtpRejectMessageRejectStatusCode            :
LogEventText                                 :
StopRuleProcessing                           : False
SenderNotificationType                       :
GenerateIncidentReport                       :
[email protected]
IncidentReportOriginalMail                   : IncludeOriginalMail
RouteMessageOutboundConnector                :
RouteMessageOutboundRequireTls               : False
Identity                                     : [Cust-sos-IN] Reset SCL on Scanner
emails
DistinguishedName                            : CN=[Cust-sos-IN] Reset SCL on Scanner
emails,CN=TransportVersioned,CN=Rules,CN=Transport
Settings,CN=Contoso,CN=Microsoft
Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=CONTOSO,DC=LOCAL
Guid                                         : 5d1dbc9b-3718-4874-9552-296e8b98d874
ImmutableId                                  : 5d1dbc9b-3718-4874-9552-296e8b98d874
OrganizationId                               :
Name                                         : [Cust-sos-IN]
Reset SCL on Scanner emails
IsValid                                      : True
WhenChanged                                  : 17/03/2015 2:37:06 PM
ExchangeVersion                              : 0.1 (8.0.535.0)
ObjectState                                  : Unchanged

Hi MBKITMGR,
Agree with Zammit, you should use the BypassedSenders parameter to specifies the SMTP address values of senders.
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Inconsistent results from sql DB 11.2.0.2

can anyone see why the statement below would return no data?
SELECT CUSTOMER_NAME,
     CUSTOMER_NUMBER,
     CUSTOMER_ID
FROM APPS.RA_CUSTOMERS
WHERE (UPPER(CUSTOMER_NAME) LIKE 'B%'
AND      (CUSTOMER_NAME LIKE 'b%'
OR          CUSTOMER_NAME LIKE 'B%'))
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when this one does
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     CUSTOMER_NUMBER,
     CUSTOMER_ID
FROM APPS.RA_CUSTOMERS
WHERE (CUSTOMER_NAME LIKE 'b%'
OR          CUSTOMER_NAME LIKE 'B%')
ORDER BY CUSTOMER_NAME
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Both the queries seem to be the same,
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why dont you just use this?
SELECT CUSTOMER_NAME, CUSTOMER_NUMBER, CUSTOMER_ID
FROM APPS.RA_CUSTOMERS
WHERE UPPER (CUSTOMER_NAME) LIKE 'B%'
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Inconsistent results from hostname Unix command via ARD

I sometimes get the DNS name and sometimes get the local sharing name.
Some one pointed out to me
% scutil --set HostName DNS-name
as root will do the job.
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IP address without major acrobatics.
For example
% ifconfig en0 inet
gives the IP address but you have to parse it out and
% host IP-address
will give the DNS name but again you have to parse it out.

We have a bunch of machines that are all named via the Sharing panel in System Preferences. Our network is giving them a different DNS name. We'd like to be able to access the Sharing name via the command-line (hostname gives DNS name). I assume this is possible because Remote Desktop seems to get it somehow.

Inconsistent results returned from the same query

Hi,
My company has a oracle 8i DB as backend for the website it is currently hosting. I wrote a plain SQL select query to retrive results from a table. Usually the query returns 50 to 100 records. We build an xml based on the results and cache the xml for subsequent user hits.
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Does any of you have this inconsistency problems with Oracle?
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Inconsistent results with localtimestamp and current_timestamp

Running XE on Windows XP with the system timezone to GMT rebooted, restarted XE)
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Product
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE     10.2.0.1.0     Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
I'm getting incorrect and inconsistent results with current_timestamp and localtimestamp:
With SQL, localtimestamp computes the wrong offset (appears to use 1987-2006 DST rules):
select
dbtimezone
, sessiontimezone
, current_timestamp
, current_timestamp + numtodsinterval(18,'day') as current_timestamp18
, localtimestamp
from dual;
+00:00
US/Eastern
17-MAR-10 10.27.17.376000000 AM US/EASTERN
04-APR-10 10.27.17.376000000 AM US/EASTERN
17-MAR-10 09.27.17.376000000 AM
however, in PL/SQL, both current_timestamp and localtimestamp return the wrong hour value, and adding 18 to current_timestamp shows it is using 1987-2006 DST rules (1st sunday of april)/ note that this happens in straight PL/SQL and in embedded SQL (same results selecting from tables other than DUAL):
begin
for r1 in (
select
dbtimezone
, sessiontimezone
, current_timestamp
, current_timestamp + numtodsinterval(18,'day') as current_timestamp18
, localtimestamp
from dual
loop
dbms_output.put_line('SQL dbtimezone = ' || r1.dbtimezone);
dbms_output.put_line('SQL sessiontimezone = ' || r1.sessiontimezone);
dbms_output.put_line('SQL current_timestamp = ' || r1.current_timestamp);
dbms_output.put_line('SQL current_timestamp +18 = ' || r1.current_timestamp18);
dbms_output.put_line('SQL localtimestamp = ' || r1.localtimestamp);
end loop;
dbms_output.put_line('dbtimezone = ' || dbtimezone);
dbms_output.put_line('sessiontimezone = ' || sessiontimezone);
dbms_output.put_line('systimestamp = ' || systimestamp);
dbms_output.put_line('current_timestamp = ' || current_timestamp);
dbms_output.put_line('current_timestamp +18 = ' || (current_timestamp + numtodsinterval(18,'day')));
dbms_output.put_line('localtimestamp = ' || localtimestamp);
end;
SQL dbtimezone = +00:00
SQL sessiontimezone = US/Eastern
SQL current_timestamp = 17-MAR-10 09.29.32.784000 AM US/EASTERN
SQL current_timestamp +18 = 04-APR-10 10.29.32.784000000 AM US/EASTERN
SQL localtimestamp = 17-MAR-10 09.29.32.784000 AM
dbtimezone = +00:00
sessiontimezone = US/Eastern
systimestamp = 17-MAR-10 02.29.32.784000000 PM +00:00
current_timestamp = 17-MAR-10 09.29.32.784000000 AM US/EASTERN
current_timestamp +18 = 04-APR-10 10.29.32.784000000 AM US/EASTERN
localtimestamp = 17-MAR-10 09.29.32.784000000 AM
dbtimezone = +00:00
sessiontimezone = US/Eastern
systimestamp = 17-MAR-10 02.16.21.366000000 PM +00:00
current_timestamp = 17-MAR-10 09.16.21.366000000 AM US/EASTERN
current_timestamp +18 = 04-APR-10 10.16.21.366000000 AM US/EASTERN
localtimestamp = 17-MAR-10 09.16.21.366000000 AM
is this a known bug?
is there a patch or a work-around for XE?
are other datasbase versions affected?

Can't patch XE, unfortunately it comes with pre-2007 DST rules.
There is a metalink note describing how to fix the DST changes, and while it's not really a "supported" method, neither is XE- if you can get updated timezone files from a later patch set for the same release, 10gR2, on the right operating system, shutdown/startup the database the updated DST rules will be in place. The timezone files are in $ORACLE_HOME/oracore/zoneinfo.
Another unfortunately, any values already stored in the database using timestamp with local timezone datatypes for the affected period of the DST changes won't be correct, i.e. there is no 2010-03-14 02:01 (?) but with older timezone rules in place that would be a valid timestamp. The data has to be saved before updating the timezone file, and re-translated to timestamp w/local tz datatypes after the update.
IMHO storing literal timezone info isn't an ideal practice, let the client settings do the time interpretation, time is always changing. Its the interpretation of the time that gets changed. From time to time. :(

Need HELP to pass results from procedure

Hey Gurus,
I need your help. I got a package (test) and inside the package two procedures (step1, step2). Now I want to pass the results from the procedure step1 (stat_rec.lev, stat_rec.chi_sq, stat_rec.chi_sig) to the other procedure step2 and make a select with where-clause. How can I manage this?? Got someone a idea??
Here my package:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE test1
AS
PROCEDURE step1(table_in IN VARCHAR2, column1 IN VARCHAR2,column2 IN VARCHAR2);
TYPE stat_tab_rec IS RECORD(lev NUMBER, chi_sq NUMBER, chi_sig NUMBER, rank NUMBER);
stat_rec stat_tab_rec;
PROCEDURE step2(table_in IN VARCHAR2, column1 IN VARCHAR2,column2 IN VARCHAR2);
END test1;
Thanks for your help!!
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY test1
AS
PROCEDURE step1(table_in IN VARCHAR2, column1 IN VARCHAR2,column2 IN VARCHAR2,column3 IN VARCHAR2,column4 IN VARCHAR2,column5 IN VARCHAR2)
IS
TYPE cur_crosstab IS REF CURSOR;
cur_cross cur_crosstab;
BEGIN
OPEN cur_cross FOR 'WITH '
||'att_grp AS '
||'(SELECT '||column1||' as x1 , lev AS lev, '||column2||', '
||' CASE'
||' WHEN '||column2||' <= lev '
||' THEN 1 '
||' ELSE 2 '
||'END attribute_group '
||'FROM '||table_in||', '
||'(SELECT level AS lev '
||'FROM dual '
||'WHERE level >= (SELECT MIN('||column2||') FROM '||table_in||') CONNECT BY level <= (SELECT MAX('||column2||') FROM '||table_in||'))) '
||'SELECT lev, '
||'ROUND(STATS_CROSSTAB(x1,attribute_group,''CHISQ_OBS''),4) AS chi_square, '
||'ROUND(STATS_CROSSTAB(x1,attribute_group,''CHISQ_SIG''),4) AS significance, '
||'dense_rank() over (order by ROUND(STATS_CROSSTAB(x1,attribute_group,''CHISQ_OBS'' ),4) DESC) AS rank '
||'FROM att_grp '
||'GROUP BY lev '
||'ORDER BY lev';
LOOP
FETCH cur_cross INTO stat_rec;
EXIT WHEN cur_cross%NOTFOUND;
IF stat_rec.rank = 1 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(column2);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(stat_rec.lev|| ' = ' || TO_CHAR(stat_rec.chi_sq,'99.99') || TO_CHAR(stat_rec.chi_sig,'99.99'));
END IF;
END LOOP;
CLOSE cur_cross;
END step1;
PROCEDURE step2
IS
BEGIN
END step2;
END test1;

Thank you Massimo. I tried your example but I recieve an error: PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to "procedure1"
Here my Codes:
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE stat_obj IS OBJECT(zeilen NUMBER,lev NUMBER, chi_sq NUMBER, chi_sig NUMBER);
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE stat_tab IS TABLE OF stat_obj;
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE procedure1(table_in IN VARCHAR2,column1 IN VARCHAR2,column2 IN VARCHAR2, v OUT stat_tab)
IS
TYPE cur_crosstab IS REF CURSOR;
cur_cross cur_crosstab;
TYPE stat_tab_rec IS RECORD(lev NUMBER, chi_sq NUMBER, chi_sig NUMBER);
stat_rec stat_tab_rec;
BEGIN
OPEN cur_cross FOR 'WITH '
||'att_grp AS '
||'(SELECT '||column1||' as x1 , lev AS lev, '||column2||', '
||' CASE'
||' WHEN '||column2||' <= lev '
||' THEN 1 '
||' ELSE 2 '
||'END attribute_group '
||'FROM '||table_in||', '
||'(SELECT level AS lev '
||'FROM dual '
||'WHERE level >= (SELECT MIN('||column2||') FROM '||table_in||') CONNECT BY level <= (SELECT MAX('||column2||') FROM '||table_in||'))) '
||'SELECT lev, '
||'ROUND(STATS_CROSSTAB(x1,attribute_group,''CHISQ_OBS''),4) AS chi_square, '
||'ROUND(STATS_CROSSTAB(x1,attribute_group,''CHISQ_SIG''),4) AS significance, '
||'dense_rank() over (order by ROUND(STATS_CROSSTAB(x1,attribute_group,''CHISQ_OBS'' ),4) DESC) AS ranking '
||'FROM att_grp '
||'GROUP BY lev '
||'ORDER BY lev';
LOOP
FETCH cur_cross INTO v;
EXIT WHEN cur_cross%NOTFOUND;
--IF v_stat_tab.rank = 1 THEN
--DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(v_stat_tab.lev || '=' || TO_CHAR(v_stat_tab.chi_sq,'99.99') || TO_CHAR (v_stat_tab.chi_sig,'99.99'));
--END IF;
END LOOP;
CLOSE cur_cross;
END;
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE procedure2
IS
v_zeilen NUMBER;
v_lev NUMBER;
v_chi_sq NUMBER;
v_chi_sig NUMBER;
v stat_tab;
BEGIN
procedure1(v);
SELECT zeilen,lev,chi_sq,chi_sig INTO v_zeilen,v_lev,v_chi_sq,v_chi_sig
from table(v);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(v_zeilen||v_lev||v_chi_sq||v_chi_sig);
END;
Hope u can help me!!

Highly frustrated with Outlook 2013 Search People box bugs - Multiple Name Results for Same Contact & Inconsistent Results

The Outlook 2013 "Search People" box does not function properly. It frequently displays incorrect results or a mess of duplicate results. I've reported previous issues about this and consolidating my posts into one (with screenshots this
time). Hopefully this message will be forwarded to or seen by the Outlook programmers. It really needs to be fixed.
Outlook 2010 and other prior versions worked perfectly. You search for name, you get ONE result with the info you're looking for. FAST AND EASY. But with Outlook 2013 Microsoft has created a heck of a mess resulting in huge frustration and productivity loss
with such simple but important tasks.
I have hundreds of contacts stored in my Outlook address book, and they all have COMPLETE contact info added.
One major issue that I'm experiencing in the new Outlook 2013 is that I now get average of 4 or more duplicate name results appearing for the same contact. And each result contains different and incomplete contact info, making it impossible for me to quickly
find the basic info I'm looking for. The cause of this issue is that Outlook 2013 now provides results from not only your local address book(s), but it also shows results based on your email history and social media accounts setup.
And there's no way to turn this off, or at least specify what folders and/or accounts the People Search box should use.
To make matters worse, the Microsoft developers conveniently forgot to add some form of an indicator (like a small icon besides each name result in the list) that clearly indicates what result is from what source. So you must manually click on each
result one at a time and repeat the search until you locate the correct one.
For one specific example, I have a contact stored in my local address book called
Infusionsoft. When I type "Infusionsoft" in the People Search box to quickly find a phone number, Outlook 2013 shows me 7 results with the same name. See the screenshot below:
As you can see in the screenshot above, every result just says "Infusionsoft", so I have to manually click on each name result one at a time and repeat the process until I find the correct one from my address book. This same thing happens with other
random contacts.
From what I can tell, Outlook is pulling results based on based on recent emails I've received from different people with "@infusionsoft.com" in their email address. So the first result shows "[email protected]" (just the email
address), the second result shows "[email protected]", the third result shows "[email protected]" and so forth. I don't want Outlook to show all of that. I just want what's in my address book!
And you would think that the last result would be the correct one from my address book, but no. Sometimes its the 5th result, and other times it's the 3rd or 7th result. So there's no freaking order of things here.
We simply need the ability to turn off searching of email history and other accounts when using the People Search box. Problem fixed.
(And please don't tell me that I need to "link" every incorrect result to one main contact. You shouldn't expect everyone to have to tediously link any and all results that appear to a record. ESPECIALLY when 5+ results for each contact appear regularly.)
ISSUE 2: Some names must be typed in a different way for the Search People to locate them
Another big issue I'm having with the Search People box is that some name searches don’t show the correct result, unless I search for their names in a different way.
For one specific example, I have a contact stored in my address book named "Dave Johnson". When I type "Dave Johnson" in the Search People box, one result appears, but it's just his email address, only. It's not the result that's stored in my Outlook address
book with his phone number, addresses, etc. Screen shot below:
If I type in Dave's name reverse order (Johnson Dave), no results are found at all.
Now if I just type in just"Johnson" all by itself, it finds Dave's correct result (the one stored in my Outlook Address Book). Along with everybody else that has "Johnson" in their name (see screenshot below)...
I double-checked how I have Dave's name programed in my address book, and it's in there as "Dave Johnson" for both the Full Name and File As fields.
Also, the name order shouldn't make any difference when using the People Search Box anyway. Sometimes I can find people by Last Name, First Name or First Name, Last Name. Only with random contacts does it get difficult finding their info and
I have to do strange things like this to find them from the People Search box.
ISSUE 3: Some Search People results only yield an email address only.
For other random contacts, some search results only yield an email address with no other contact details. But I can open the persons contact card from the address book manually, with the same email address shown! Screenshot below...
In the screenshot above, I have outlined the Search People box results in red, and the Address Book results in green. You can clearly see that "Robert White" is a contact stored in my local address book with full contact details, but the Search People result
only shows his email address! Again, it's not consitent. It's hit or miss with different people.
ISSUE 4: Some results just don't appear at all, but they are in the address book
Another issue I'm experiencing with the People Search Box is that some people simply cannot be found. But I can see their contact info just fine if I click on the "People" tab down at the bottom of the page and type in their name in the "Search Contacts"
field. Why can't the People Search box find certain people? I opened up their contact details and cannot find a single thing that would prevent them from showing up in results.
These are clearly serious bugs that need to be fixed. And I'm shocked as to how this got missed--or ignored during alpha and beta testing. I see the "idea" behind the developers having the Search People box search everything outside of the
address book, but in real world application this causes a heck of a lot of problems & confusion, and it needs to be fixed ASAP.
For technical details, I have Outlook 2013 running on two computers using hosted Exchange 2010. One system is Windows 7 and other is Windows 8. The same problems occur on BOTH computers. As far as my Outlook account setup, I have all contacts stored in the
main address book (no sub-folders or other folders).
Can someone help communicate this message to the Outlook developers??? The "Frown" button limits me to 100 characters and one image. There's no way I can communicate this level of detail and steps to duplicate in 100 characters!

Thanks for your reply.
1) The instant search boxes in each individual page work just fine. If I am on the People page and type in a name in the "Search Contacts" field, it searches my contacts and displays the results that I want. But I should not have to leave whatever screen
I'm in to find people now. In Outlook 2010 and earlier versions, I could be on the calendar page and then search for a contact without clicking off the calendar completely. For productivity-sake, it's a huge waste of time and hassle now.
2) I'm familiar with how contact linking works, and quite frankly it's a huge mess in general. I NEVER create multiple contacts for the same person. I get that Outlook 2013 get confused now when it detects a LinkedIn or Facebook account for the same person
already in my Outlook address book, but we need to have options that allow us to turn off results from some or all social networks. This is a big part of the problem.
Think about it this way - The average person has 150+ LinkedIn connections, and more for Facebook. Many people today have accounts for both and they are setup with the same email address. When Outlook 2013 has to scan all the networks IN ADDITION to your
local address book(s), it's a no brainer that it can get very confused trying to display results.
Another big part of the problem is that Outlooks new search system also scans your email history. I receive emails from people who use multiple email addresses, or emails from companies with multiple reps or ticket systems that send you a unique
ticket ID # ending in the same email address domain. Now Outlook displays people search results based on everything under the sun in my email history. This is beyond frustrating (see my "Infusionsoft" screenshot above in the first post).
Again, I want to stress that for the search examples I referenced, I only have one entry in my Outlook address book for each person. And that's all I want to find when I search for people--what's already in my own address book!
In summary:
We need an OPTION to turn off searching external networks when using the People Search box
We need an option to tell Outlook to not scan email history for people search results (I think this needs to be disabled entirely actually. It's not helpful at all)
There should be a fixed priority for displaying people search results, with local address book results FIRST, followed by social network results.
There should be a clear icon/indicator next to each result that gives you a clue as to where the result is coming from. Your address book? Facebook? LinkedIn? We should not need to click on each result to get a hint as to where it's coming from.
Work out the bugs in general with the new search system.
One other thing that I didn't mention is that the Search People box also shows results for people I'm not even "friends" or connected with on the different social networks. But I've noticed that some people use the same email address for those networks that
I already have programmed for them in my address book, which is why Outlook sometimes shows me these results. Does that make sense?
I'll try rebuilding the index, but after testing Outlook 2013 on 3 different machines so far and seeing the same results (all slightly different results on each machine and very inconsistent), I doubt this will address the issue.

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