> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Renumbering RINS > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:56:21 -0600 > >> There is no way to quickly/automatically renumber all your RINs in the >> manner you want (closest relatives, lowest RINs). You will have to do >> it one RIN at a time. (To renumber RINs, click on Tools on the menu bar >> and select Renumber RINs.) >> > > You can export the close relatives to another file, then you can > automatically renumber them all so they have low RIN numbers. Then add the > rest of the original file, and all those numbers will be higher. You can > even enter them in small groups, and thus set the range of numbers for each > input. However, RIN numbers are entirely reference for the computer, so why > bother? > > > -- http://oscox.org > Pioneer histories and descendants of Jonathan Upham Cox. > Includes Orville Sutherland Cox, Frederick Walter Cox, > Mary Elizabeth Cox Whiting and their siblings. > Carl [EMAIL PROTECTED],net > >
Carl, Whilst I do not wish to be pedantic, I guess that I'm going to be! You say "........However, RIN numbers are entirely reference for the computer, so why bother?" I totally agree with the not bothering bit, but to say that the RINs are entirely for the computer is not entirely accurate. If you have a look at Individual Record, tblID in Access or Open Office, you will see that the first two columns are headed "ID" and "IDIR" the first being the unique identity number of the record (the individual) and the second the RIN. It is usually the first which is exclusively used by the computer and cannot, therefore, be adulterated by the touch of human hand. When an individual is deleted the number in the first column is also deleted - never to be used again. It increases by 1 everytime an individual is added. To illustrate this I have a file called "Casuals.fdb" in which I keep some details of people who may be connected to my tree but where I do not know. Currently the ID column ranges from number 1 (used to hold RIN 0) then 391 to 402, whilst the IDIR contains 0 to 12 (RINs) - I have just had a clearout of this file! Thus, in column 1 it is not possible to rearrange the numbers, fill unused numbers, etc. functions which are possible in column 2. BTW as the User ID I use the RIN number with the prefix "P" (which has no function other than to remind me it is the User ID). Ron Ferguson ____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk Blog: Create Your Web Pages View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
