to another, and in the SQL two fields
&gt;have become transposed. It would never occur to me to have a database
&gt;of any size retyped.

I'm not addressing retyping data.  I'm addressing data which is typed in 
for the first time, such as when a clerk takes information from a patient 
upon check-in at an emergency room.

&gt; &gt; He flips
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; birth date and
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; hire date (for an employee database for a multinational
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; corporat