Although I have sympathy with Gail in wanting the source Detail to be
relational as well so there is only one copy of the specific detail
and every use links to that, I have learnt to live with the database as it is.
You can correct typos etc in a specific source detail by using the
Search and Replace on just the right part of the Source/Citation
Detail or Text.
So long as you carefully enter as the search phrase a unique section
of detail that includes the error and choose to just replace the
found text, all sorts of errors are quickly corrected. No need to
find each individual person. I do it all too often.
It is harder when the error is less easily uniquely identified in the
search phrase.
Cathy
At 02:59 PM 30/12/2007, you wrote:
Gail:
My sourcing method is very similar to yours and I agree that it is a major
pain when you find a typo in the Source Detail that's been used for perhaps
a dozen different people and in several fields for each person. It's
necessary then to locate and correct every individual instance or you can
end up with two versions of the citation in the Source Notes in reports, so
if I'm understanding your suggestion correctly it would be a tremendous
convenience.
What I don't understand is your statement that a given Master Source/Source
Detail combination used multiple times results in multiple copies in the
database. If the "combo" is identical, but applied to several different
fields and/or individuals, would it not be in the database only once?
Either way, being able to make a global change to any given Master
Source/Source Detail combination would be absolutely wonderful. If this is
what you're advocating, then I'll certainly add my vote and hope that
Millennia is listening!
Kirsten
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gail
Nestor
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 8:11 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources
Hi Michele, you have hit upon a scenario that is exactly why I hope
Legacy will consider a change in its source formatting. Your method
is the same as mine for attaching sources to different people and
different facts or events. Unfortunately, every time we attach a
single source to all these different places, it adds an extra
identical copy of that exact same source in the database.
I wish so much that the source could just be in the database once and
then that same source could be attached as a *link* to all the various
places it needs to go. It would save so much space and would help
immensely when I find an error I want to correct. I wouldn't have to
correct 10 duplicate copies. Instead I would just have the one linked
copy to correct.
Gail Rich Nestor
Smyrna, GA
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