If you let Fileman do the deleting, then all 172 of those indices should be automatically updated, removing the deleted records.
Kevin On 6/23/06, Matthew King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, the re-index option tells me there is 172 existing indices. I'll > look at 59.7 > > Matthew M. King, MD > Medical Director > Clinica Adelante, Inc > Surprise, Arizona 85374 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Toppenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 3:07 PM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Pharmacy Patient file (55) > > Matthew, > > I see what you mean! The problem is that VistA is an ever moving > target. If the volunteers took the hours and hours needed to clean up > all these distros before releasing them, then a release might never > get done! > > About the automatic deletions, the only thing point TO the PHARMACY > PATIENT file is file 59.7. I found this out by checking VPE's DD, and > looking at pointers IN. Now, all those records that you are going to > delete are invalid anyway, so killing them should be OK. But you > might want to then look at file 59.7 and see if you need to clean IT > up. > > Kevin > > > On 6/23/06, Matthew King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been experimenting with that. I can start with patient 3 and not > > knock out my test patients. My concern is when I do it manually, I get > > prompted to kill the references, but when I stuff ///@, there is no > > prompt and I think I still may have dangling references. Can I > > 1) reindex after the stuff @ or > > 2) make an input template somehow. I can't see how to do this one. > > > > You should see all that junk in there! Here is a sample: > > Select PHARMACY PATIENT NAME: 42 42 > > ANOTHER ONE: 46 > > > > NUMBER: 42 NAME: 42 > > RX UPDATE: Backfill complete FIRST SERVICE DATE: JUN 11, > 1989 > > ACTUAL/HISTORICAL FLAG: HISTORICAL CONVERSION COMPLETED?: IV > > VERIFIED > > ARCHIVE DATE: JUN 11, 1989 > > RX LIST: 503353*497700*481902*519542 > > ARCHIVE DATE: JUN 14, 1989 > > RX LIST: 524282 > > ARCHIVE DATE: JUN 16, 1989 > > RX LIST: 519542A*538465*524282A*549966 > > ARCHIVE DATE: JUN 20, 1989 > > RX LIST: 519542B*538465A*524282B*555554*578924*578925 > > ARCHIVE DATE: JUN 22, 1989 > > RX LIST: > 579548*579549*580925*580926*583775*599076*611071*614490*615408 > > ARCHIVE DATE: FEB 22, 1992 > > RX LIST: 579548A*579549A*616832*617892*618553*619849 > > ARCHIVE DATE: MAR 05, 1992 > > RX LIST: 611070*599076A*611071A*611071B > > ARCHIVE DATE: MAR 10, 1992 > > RX LIST: 620539*622145*579548B*579549B*599076B*622145A*611071C > > ARCHIVE DATE: MAR 18, 1992 > > RX LIST: 662522*662523*662524*662525*674296*692434*692435*699915 > > ARCHIVE DATE: MAR 21, 1992 > > RX LIST: 718011*719069*719068 > > ARCHIVE DATE: AUG 09, 1994 > > RX LIST: 753630*753631*753632*776885 > > PRESCRIPTION PROFILE: 100009904 > > STATUS (c): UNKNOWN ACTIVE (c): 0 > > PRESCRIPTION PROFILE: 100009905 > > STATUS (c): UNKNOWN ACTIVE (c): 0 > > PRESCRIPTION PROFILE: 100009906 > > STATUS (c): UNKNOWN ACTIVE (c): 0 > > PRESCRIPTION PROFILE: 100035018 > > STATUS (c): UNKNOWN ACTIVE (c): 0 > > PRESCRIPTION PROFILE: 100035019 > > STATUS (c): UNKNOWN ACTIVE (c): 0 > > PRESCRIPTION PROFILE: 100035020 > > STATUS (c): UNKNOWN ACTIVE (c): 0 > > PRESCRIPTION PROFILE: 100035021 > > STATUS (c): UNKNOWN ACTIVE (c): 0 > > PRESCRIPTION PROFILE: 100063119 > > > > Enter RETURN to continue or '^' to exit: > > > > WOW!!! > > > > Matthew M. King, MD > > Medical Director > > Clinica Adelante, Inc > > Surprise, Arizona 85374 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Toppenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:35 PM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Pharmacy Patient file (55) > > > > It looks to me like you have dangling pointers that point to patients > > that are no longer there. You could see if can simply delete all > > entries in the file by doing something like this: > > > > > > INPUT TO WHAT FILE: PHARMACY PATIENT// > > EDIT WHICH FIELD: ALL// .01///@ > > WARNING: THIS MEANS AUTOMATIC DELETION!! NAME > > THEN EDIT FIELD: > > > > > > Select PHARMACY PATIENT NAME: ^LOOP > > EDIT ENTRIES BY: NUMBER// > > START WITH NUMBER: FIRST// > > > > > > > > *** NO RECORDS TO PRINT *** > > > > LOOP ENDED! > > > > > > Select PHARMACY PATIENT NAME: > > > > > > In my examples, I have no entries in the file, so none are shown. > > > > This may kill the entries for the two sample patients you have, which > > might make dangling pointers elsewhere. I'm not sure, but it should > > be safe (I think) > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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