I guess my question is how are they used. I can only envision a use where reusing an abandoned RIN could only be confusing. But I really don't see how I would make use of them at all.
-- Marty On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > Marty, > > I don't think you are missing out on anything, I haven't a clue why the > question is being asked nor why it might be useful to know the answer. And > I > *do* use the RINs, all the time, for identification. Furthermore I do not > fill unused RINs so I have a few hundred gaps. Do I miss them? No! > > The RIN is a unique identifier for each individual in the database, but > does > it matter what number it is? Not in the slightest. > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth > http://www.fergys.co.uk > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > And the Fergusons of N.W. England > ____________________________________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Martin Hahn > To: [email protected] > Sent: 21 May 2010 05:11 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Missing RINs > > > Why would it matter? I don't use RIN for anything. What am I missing out > on? > > -- > Marty > > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Dennis M. Kowallek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Wed, 19 May 2010 00:27:00 -0500, Robert Carneal USA > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Does anyone know of a way to get Legacy to generate a report listing > >the RINs that are empty? Say I have: > >... > >4 > >5 > >6 > >8 > >9 > >10 > >... > > > >Then the report tells me "7" is not used? > > > Robert (and others): > > If you have "Reuse abandoned RINs" turned on, then tblXI contains a list > of the missing RINs. You can run the following query in Access, LTools, > OOBase, etc.: > > SELECT tblXI.DeletedID FROM tblXI ORDER BY tblXI.DeletedID > > If you do not have "Reuse abandoned RINs" turned on, you can turn it on > temporarily. This will cause tblXI to be rebuilt. Then you can run the > above SELECT query. When you are done you can turn off "Reuse abandoned > RINs". > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek (LTools) > http://zippersoftware.com/ltools > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools > > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
