Well, that was a surprise... The first time I did this, I got 89 records that could not be automerged, as you did.
Then for some reason, I decided to try an experiment and rebooted. I closed everything I had running in the background, deleted all USR files (well, I renamed them so I use them again), went to default fonts, colors, default everything, and then closed Legacy. Reopened Legacy, and tried again. This time 78 records would not automerge. Huh. That is an improvement, but what did I do that affected this? Still 78 is enough to give me pause and be cautious as you are. Robert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wm Voss Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 15:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Intellishare fails on 6.0 and V5-latest. I imported your Original into your Clone and ran IntellShare/Merge and got 89 records that could not be auto merged, just as you did. I copied the pairs of notes out of a dozen records and did a file compare in UltraEdit; none showed any difference at all. I also did compares on the full family files and on exported gedcoms; no difference found in either. Beats me what's going on, but I'd sure not trust it until someone figures out the problem. Wm Voss Ed Barnard wrote: >This problem is the showstopper for me, rendering Legacy 100% unusable >by myself. > >I reported this to Millenia three weeks ago, immediately after upgrading >to V5-latest and converting to the new database format. I received >acknowledgement of the problem report, but haven't received confirmation >or denial that Millenia can reproduce the problem. I've been patient; >they ARE busy with the V6 release. > >I have now installed V6 and the same problem manifests itself with >precisely the same symptom. As a result, we can no longer collaborate. >My genealogy partner has the one and only copy of the Legacy database. I >dare not update my copy. > >The problem is this: > >When importing the other copy of the same database, and proceeding to >Intellishare Merge with Intellipass, the merge spits out scores or >hundreds of spurious changes. Changes are flagged in the Notes fields >(notes, research notes, medical notes) when nothing has changed. The >first couple of times through, not realizing what was being done to me, >I trashed some of our hard-earned research data. I don't care to take >that risk again. > >Two demonstrate the problem, I can take two identical copies of the >Legacy database (I used the Windows copy and paste to create a copy of >the original file, outside Legacy). Open one, import the other. Let >intellishare do its thing. With my test case, I get 89 individuals >flagged as having changes made to the Notes fields. Same number of >differences with V6 and V5-latest. > >My test case is here: > >http://www.albemarle-callaway.com/problem-report/ > >file name original-herring.fdb. The other files in that folder are >snapshots taken mid-merge of live data. (To show it doesn't only fail >with identical copies; a normal merge with differences has those real >differences interspersed with the spurious ones. It's the fakes which >induced me erroneously handle the merge, thus trashing the integrity of >my hard-won data.) > >I've been using Intellishare merge for months; my procedure hasn't >changed. This problem manifested itself immediately after upgrading to >the new database format. > >Best Regards, > > Ed Barnard in Minnesota, wishing he could be a Legacy user > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >To unsubscribe please visit: >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
