Right! So far I've only been opening a copy of the .fdb file. Donald Quigley Escondido, CA Quigley Doyle Family Tree http://www.donquigley.net
-----Original Message----- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 9:36 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] View & Edit Legacy Data in MS Access ALWAYS Back up the file (File > Backup File) before even *looking* at the tables in Access - for fear of inadvertent change..... Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Don Quigley <dwquig...@cox.net> wrote: > Sorry if I’m asking a question that has been previously answered, but > I can’t seem to get into the old usergroup messages today. > > I have begun to use MS Access to check for errors, consistency and > missing information in my database sources. That works and I can > easily see what needs to be changed in Legacy. But a better approach > would seem to be to do the changes in the database tables directly in > Access – particularly where global search/replace and copy/paste tools can be > used. > > Does anyone know of a good “primer” for doing this with the Legacy database? > I’d like to avoid any pitfalls that others with more experience have > already identified. > > Donald Quigley > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
