I'm making this administrative website and one of its functions is editing the names of members. The thing is, I have text files containing records of who worked when and for how long, which is separate from my list of members. For example:

Member List

J. Smith
D. Smith
M. Smith
etc...

Records

6/11/2002+J. Smith,D. Smith,M. Smith+2
Format: Date+Members+Hours

If I want to change J. Smith to T. Smith, I can do that with the member list, but not with the records file, because they are in different files. Two solutions for this problem are: 1. Have the script search for all occurances of the name (in both files), then change it to the new one. 2. Assign numbers to the names, and in the records file the members will look like-1,5,7,8-corresponding to the members in the member list, thereby allowing me to concentrate solely on editing the member list. Any better suggestions? Which idea do you like best? Thanks in advance for any assistance.

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