Re: Searching BBDB by mail-alias

[Sebastian Tennant]

Quoth Thomas Gerds <gerds@fdm.uni-freiburg.de>:
> hi,
>
> here is some code that allows you to search all fields for which there
> is no special search utility. for example,
>
> M-x bbdb-field RET
> mail-alias RET
> . RET
>
> lists all records that have a mail-alias.
>
> (defun bbdb-field (field string elidep)
>   "Display all entries in the BBDB matching the regexp STRING in the field 
> field."
>   (interactive "xField where to search : \nsRegular Expression for Search: 
> \nP")
>   (let* ((target (cons field string))
>        (bbdb-elided-display (bbdb-grovel-elide-arg elidep))
>        (recs (bbdb-search (bbdb-records) nil nil nil target)))
>     (bbdb-display-records recs)
>     recs))

Many thanks Thomas.  Your code works a treat.

Sebastian