Update: I see there is an option to change the positions around within the sort, so I'll have to experiment with that. But, if I don't come up with a perfect sort mechanism that make sense, I'll probably stick with my four divisions. It's not a problem for me - I'm wired for it. --Jerry
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Locations/Places Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:06:17 -0500 From: Jerry <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Thanks Dennis. I guess it's to each, his own. I looked at the right to left sort and I just don't like it as much because my method creates a more systematic way of sorting. For example, all my COUNTRIES that don't have anything else with them will appear first in the list, followed by all States or Provinces, the counties that don't have city names, then the rest of all the cities and towns. I like the option that Legacy has to do the right to left sort, since that will put every country in its own set, but when I do that, my COUNTIES sort in front of my cities. Maybe some of you record everything totally different like California, Los Angeles instead of Los Angeles, California ?? I must be missing something if it works well for you and sorts perfectly, but maybe we'll have to discuss off-list because it's getting too controversial. --Jerry On 11/18/2010 12:48 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:26:59 -0500, Jerry<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Whether there are three positions, four >> positions, or whatever, there still has to be some kind of standard used >> in order to get consistent results with sorting "out of the box." > You can always set Legacy's locations to sort from largest entity to > smallest entity. i.e. country to city. Then it doesn't matter how many > positions you enter. > > I enter as many positions as are necessary for my needs. For example, if > all I know is Los Angeles, California, that's all I enter. Since LA can > be the city or county, I don't add any extra commas because I wouldn't > know where to place them. > > I certainly wouldn't lose sleep about trying to force a location name > into 4 positions (or 3 in my case since I don't enter a country if it's > USA). > 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
