Mantis Tracking System. Issue 2609 "Bug" Status "Open" Reported by Boyd Miller
Example included. Regards, Tim Rosenlof On 11/12/2010 11:23 PM, Boyd Miller wrote: > Jerry, > Just be a wee bit careful with the missing sources search - I don't think it > is working reliably. > If you have a file where every entry is sourced, and you check the "ANYTHING > meaning that one or more items do not have a source", you may get a whole > list of names, all of which are already fully sourced. If you search using > a group of the individual boxes, some combinations especially when the Name > box is checked, will hide people with missing sources. > > If any one of the boxes for Child Status, Relationship to Father, or > Relationship to Mother, is checked (and with no other boxes checked) the > search brings up a list of ALL the children in the file. This is regardless > of whether or not there is data in those fields, and regardless of whether > or not any data that is there already has a source. > > Has anyone else had problems with this search? > > The only safe way I know to find all the items with missing sources is to > search with the only one of the individual boxes checked at a time. > The unreliability of various parts of the Missing Sources search was > reported as a bug in 2009 - Acknowledged in Dec 2009 [150-12AE17CE-23EA], > March 2010 [320-132ECF1E-A9F6], and others. It has not been corrected in the > several upgrades since version 7.4.1.19 when I first reported it. > Boyd > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, 13 November 2010 4:51 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Query on Missing Sources > > > Thanks Jennifer. I'm using Legacy 7.4 Deluxe. I did figure out how > to do the individual field selections by un-checking both the EVERYTHING > and ANYTHING boxes. I can get close to what I'm trying to do, but not > quite. I'm trying to get a list of all the individuals who have no > sources listed of any kind. I think I mentioned to you that some of my > individuals only have the UNSPECIFIED SOURCE until I can get more > complete information. But the query still brings those up - but that's > not too bad. I think that field must be ignored by the query. I can > get close to what I what anyway. Thanks! --Jerry > > On 11/12/2010 10:40 PM, Jennifer Crockett wrote: >> Jerry, which version of Legacy are you using? If the free download, it >> may not have this feature fully available. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jennifer >> http://colston-wenck.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jerry [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Saturday, 13 November 2010 2:24 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Query on Missing Sources >> >> I am getting into the nitty-gritty of Legacy more and more and >> realizing how powerful it is - a tremendously good product. >> >> Can someone tell me how to run a query on all my individuals who have no >> sources yet of any kind? I thought I was in the right module to do >> that, but the results were not correct, plus none of the individual >> fields below the MISSING SOURCES tab were selectable (greyed out). >> Only the two boxes at the top EVERYTHING and ANYTHING were selectable, >> but neither seemed to give me the desired results. Do you know what I >> might be missing? Thanks much, --Jerry in Michigan >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 > > > > > > > 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
