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Hello,

I want to display the middle_name in the search box row (shows 10).

I changed this into:
{contact.last_name}{, }{contact.first_name}{ }{contact.middle_name}

Nothing happens. Can someone tell me how to fix this?

Thanks.

Hello Erik,

Thanks for your reply. I am working with version 4.4.2
This is now in my induvidual sort name format: {contact.last_name}{, }{contact.first_name}{, }{contact.middle_name}

It is not working.. I wat to see the middle name at the Find Contacts box upperleft.

Thanks

yes, that does the trick. So once you have set the sort_name like you did, the sort_name in the database has to be reset. This is done when a name changes, so if you only have a small number of contacts you would need to 'update' their names with the same values. If not, you either create a script or change it in the database. Unfortunately there is no scheduled job for this yet. Are you able to contribute one?