Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:21:26 -0400, SgtBob s...@cox.net wrote: Obviously a sore point... sorry. It's not really a sore point with me. I was just asking if there was a more appropriate place for technical discussions like this. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-22 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Bob, I don't think anyone posting to this thread was upset. I thought Dennis was expecting someone might complain that the subject is not strictly about Legacy since you can't see the tables directly in Legacy. The IDIME heading in TblSX was always very confusing to me (What does it have todo

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:21:12 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: The IDIME heading in TblSX was always very confusing to me (What does it have todo with a 10 cent coin?). Dennis' calling it ID of Individual, marriage, event was very enlightening enough to make it worth

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread SgtBob
: From: Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 5:02 AM On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 6:48:42 -0400, SgtBob s...@cox.net wrote: is there any data written out that explains the columnar

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:35:47 -0400, SgtBob s...@cox.net wrote: what do the first 3-4 columns of data in the tblSX and tblSR mean? If you open the database in Design View, some of the columns have annotations (not always up-to-date). It might help me to work in Access on some errors I am trying

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
SgtBob wrote Rich - I wanted to know what the various data in the columns represent. I can figure out most of them, but what do the first 3-4 columns of data in the tblSX and tblSR mean? I.e., what do the numbers in those columns represent? IDSX is an ID number for each entry in tblSX and

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: IDIME is the Individual's RIN which allows the Source Detail to be linked to the correct Individual. It can be ... but it can be other things also. If it was always a pointer to a RIN, the programmers would have

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Kris
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: IDIME is the Individual's RIN which allows the Source Detail to be linked to the correct Individual. It can be ... but it can be other things also. If it was always a pointer to a RIN,

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote I wonder if there is a better place to discuss these issues. We are probably boring 99% of the LUGgers. LUGgers who are not interested in this topic don't have to read this thread. Apart from those for whom it has an interest now, there may be others in future who

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: IDIME is the Individual's RIN which allows the Source Detail to be linked to the correct Individual. It can be ... but it can be other things also. If it was always a pointer to a RIN,

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:28:58 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: LUGgers who are not interested in this topic don't have to read this thread. And that's as it should be. I just know that, in the past, discussions that got quite technical have generated complaints from

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: IDIME is the Individual's RIN which allows the Source Detail to be linked to the correct Individual. If I remember correctly, TYPE refers to the Event which is being Sourced - 1 being Birth, for example. If you

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread M. Brenzel
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:28:58 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: LUGgers who are not interested in this topic don't have to read this thread. And that's as it should be. I just know that, in the past

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Mike Fry
M. Brenzel wrote: We are not all at the same level of experience with Legacy, with computers, or with other software. We all need to be tolerant of the questions and answers on this list, as long as they are polite in nature. I am a software tester by profession and can write my own database

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread SgtBob
Didn't mean to upset folks in asking about the Access data. I will review the items under the design feature and see if I can figure out the data. I'm not that familiar with all the nuances of Access, so I will study it and refrain from asking more questions on this area. Obviously a sore

[LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-20 Thread SgtBob
Since I have heard that Legacy and Access are intertwined, is there any data written out that explains the columnar headings and their uses within the various Access reports. I am particularly interested in the correlation of the numbers noted in the columnar headings of 'SrcDetail',

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 6:48:42 -0400, SgtBob s...@cox.net wrote: is there any data written out that explains the columnar headings and their uses within the various Access reports. I don't know of anything public that goes into this detail. I created a list of the various Legacy tables and

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-20 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
headings and their uses within the various Access reports.' Rich in LA CA --- On Mon, 4/20/09, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: From: Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Monday, April 20

[LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2006-06-26 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
I'd like to put together a Legacy News article (http://www.legacynews.typepad.com) on the added benefits of using Access with Legacy. Specifically, what are some things that you can do with Access that Legacy, alone, cannot do? If you have suggestions and would like to contribute, please use the