Is there a way to identify Party Usage Type ( Whether Supplier, Bank, Customer) before performing a

Hi

Is there a way to identify the party usage Type - whether it is a supplier or bank account or other entity than a customer, Before actually doing a merge uisng the Party merge form.

This is because you cannot merge a party with "supplier usage" type into a customer or a regular party, as per notes in oracle and metalink. This means that the users wont be able find out until they actually do a merge and see the error message.

Is there a seeded function or field that allows us to validate this before performing the merge