Jim Walton wrote: > RIN, MRIN, Database Key, whatever you want to call them, they are > internal pointers used by a database to speed up organizing and > searching. Every record is given a sequential number when it is added > to the database. This is what is being called RIN. When two records > are joined as a marriage, a separate key is used to link the two > records together. Makes for much smaller and faster databases. These > numbers are internal to the database and were never intended for human > consumption. > > This is the first time I have seen a database making those numbers > available to the user. The numbers are essentially meaningless to the > user and are subject to change depending on what happens to the > database. To try to use them for other record keeping is asking for > trouble. Personally, I have turned them off so I don't even see them. > > Unfortunately, there is no ideal numbering system for genealogy. The > magnitude of the issue is overwhelming and I doubt that we will ever > see such a system.
Jim, The RINs are not the Database Keys, each table has its own ID, these can be seen in Access (or OO.org), but not in Legacy. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed Blogger RSS feed into your Website http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
