Re: [LegacyUG] Grayed-out names

[Brian Kelly]

In computer terms Null is an empty field (as opposed to a field which 
may be filled with space characters so it looks empty). If Check Repair 
was fixing Nulls it was making corrections to record with fields which 
were empty. Since you mention parent - child this may be parent-child 
relationships. This is strictly a housekeeping process and should not 
affect your data.


Check repair also compacts your file by removing space taken up by 
deleted records (possibly those null records) so you should expect your 
file to shrink after a check repair.


Brian Kelly

On 01-Jun-18 11:51 AM, Dennis Murphy wrote:

can someone explain "nulls" to me?

I have a large database and within it is my family tree so not all are 
connected to it


In the past I have simply added, linked or merged folks as needed then 
exported my line into a new Legacy file.


The last time I did this and then ran a Check/Repair I got a large log 
and the message "fixing all nulls" or such


 From the log it looked like it had some to do with a child and parent 
but no further explanation.


Since this had never happened before in all the years of the same 
procedure, I wonder what's up.


I do this nearly every month and the previous version or file was about 
27,000 KB larger despite the latest file containing 186 more individuals 
and their data.


I am worried something may not be right.

Can anyone explain or expound?

Dennis

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:33 AM, Cathy Pinner > wrote:


Carl,

Check that the son doesn't have two sets of parents in Legacy. One
pair may be blank/unknown.

Cathy

Carl Cox wrote:


I am using the FamilySearch add-on, transferring names from FS/FT to
my database. I am starting with a couple, and getting  their children
onto my computer. I notice that he has parents listed on FS, so I
transfer them over. I notice that they are greyed out when I pull up
the Legacy/FS screen that shows them. Also when I pull the parents up
on Legacy they show with their son, as they should. However, when I
pull the son to the main position, no parents are shown. If I try to
link him to his parents, the program says they are already linked
- do
I want to link them again?

How do I get the grayed out connections to show?

Carl


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Re: [LegacyUG] Grayed-out names

[Dennis Murphy]

can someone explain "nulls" to me?

I have a large database and within it is my family tree so not all are
connected to it

In the past I have simply added, linked or merged folks as needed then
exported my line into a new Legacy file.

The last time I did this and then ran a Check/Repair I got a large log and
the message "fixing all nulls" or such

>From the log it looked like it had some to do with a child and parent but
no further explanation.

Since this had never happened before in all the years of the same
procedure, I wonder what's up.

I do this nearly every month and the previous version or file was about
27,000 KB larger despite the latest file containing 186 more individuals
and their data.

I am worried something may not be right.

Can anyone explain or expound?

Dennis

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:33 AM, Cathy Pinner  wrote:

> Carl,
>
> Check that the son doesn't have two sets of parents in Legacy. One pair
> may be blank/unknown.
>
> Cathy
>
> Carl Cox wrote:
>
>
> I am using the FamilySearch add-on, transferring names from FS/FT to
> my database. I am starting with a couple, and getting  their children
> onto my computer. I notice that he has parents listed on FS, so I
> transfer them over. I notice that they are greyed out when I pull up
> the Legacy/FS screen that shows them. Also when I pull the parents up
> on Legacy they show with their son, as they should. However, when I
> pull the son to the main position, no parents are shown. If I try to
> link him to his parents, the program says they are already linked - do
> I want to link them again?
>
> How do I get the grayed out connections to show?
>
> Carl
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Grayed-out names

[Cathy Pinner]

Carl,

Check that the son doesn't have two sets of parents in Legacy. One pair 
may be blank/unknown.


Cathy

Carl Cox wrote:


I am using the FamilySearch add-on, transferring names from FS/FT to
my database. I am starting with a couple, and getting  their children
onto my computer. I notice that he has parents listed on FS, so I
transfer them over. I notice that they are greyed out when I pull up
the Legacy/FS screen that shows them. Also when I pull the parents up
on Legacy they show with their son, as they should. However, when I
pull the son to the main position, no parents are shown. If I try to
link him to his parents, the program says they are already linked - do
I want to link them again?

How do I get the grayed out connections to show?

Carl
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[LegacyUG] Grayed-out names

[Carl Cox]

I am using the FamilySearch add-on, transferring names from FS/FT to my 
database. I am starting with a couple, and getting  their children onto my 
computer. I notice that he has parents listed on FS, so I transfer them 
over. I notice that they are greyed out when I pull up the Legacy/FS screen 
that shows them. Also when I pull the parents up on Legacy they show with 
their son, as they should. However, when I pull the son to the main 
position, no parents are shown. If I try to link him to his parents, the 
program says they are already linked - do I want to link them again?


How do I get the grayed out connections to show?

Carl 



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