>What are you referring to when you say "corrected the legacy data? I've
>also added new record types. I've been using them for a year without a
>problem, but don't know what you're referring to with "legacy data".
Legacy data is the usual term for information in fields being
imported into ebase. I think what was meant in the previous message
is that they made sure all the data in the file being imported
conformed with the list. If there were values in the fields that
aren't on the list it is impossible to find them since you can't
enter any values not on the list into search criteria.
>
>Lisa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 9:09 AM
>To: TechRocks Support
>Subject: [support] Re: Record Types field
>
>
>>I changed the list of Record Types to expand it to include several
>>more types of records. I corrected the legacy data before I
>>imported it to reflect the additional choices beyond Ind, Org, Bus
>>and Fnd.
>>
>>I have not finished the import because the import process seems to
>>insist that I be limtied to these 4 choices even though the Data
>>Entry screen shows the expanded choices.
>
>The import insists that the Record Type field be filled in with
>something on every record. You probably get offered only the four
>default choices because the list you changed lives in the names file,
>and during import you would be looking at one of the import files.
>
>>Will I run into any unforeseen problems if I don't limit myself to
>>these 4 choices?
>
>No, you seem to have covered the ground by correcting the legacy data
>when you changed the list. The address calculations that depend on
>record type differ between "Ind" and "anything else" so you can put
>anything you like in the field and it will be ok.
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>Dave Shaw Northwest Classics, Inc
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