ALWAYS Back up the file (File > Backup File) before even *looking* at the tables in Access - for fear of inadvertent change.....
Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Don Quigley <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry if I’m asking a question that has been previously answered, but I > can’t seem to get into the old usergroup messages today. > > I have begun to use MS Access to check for errors, consistency and missing > information in my database sources. That works and I can easily see what > needs to be changed in Legacy. But a better approach would seem to be to do > the changes in the database tables directly in Access – particularly where > global search/replace and copy/paste tools can be used. > > Does anyone know of a good “primer” for doing this with the Legacy database? > I’d like to avoid any pitfalls that others with more experience have already > identified. > > Donald Quigley > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp

