Thanks for the reponse. However, I have tried to use the Delete button on
the screen. That doesn't work either. Just tried it again. It opens up a
password box for the "delete" file and I enter in Master. I think the
records are actually being transferred to "delete" but they're not being
removed from the main file.
thanks,
hillary
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> Subject: RE: deleting duplicates (and random records)
> From: "Walt Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 00:06:55 -0400
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> It sounds like you are using the FileMaker menu pulldown delete instead of
> the eBase delete which does a whole bunch of other things like getting rid
> of related records and putting the name into deleted_.102.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hillary Aisenstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:48 PM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] deleting duplicates (and random records)
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>
> I seem to be having trouble deleting records. When I first set up my
> database and did a search for duplicates. I selected the records I wanted
> deleted, and then hit the delete button. The records are all still in my
> database, but now have a "Y" in the dupe field. I have tried to run the
> check for duplicates script again, but ebase just goes into a thinking
coma
> every time and I have to force quit the application.
>
> Also, if I want to delete a record randomly (let's say I hit Ctrl-D
> instead of Ctrl-F), being used to File Maker, I hit Ctrl-E. It asks me if
> I'm sure I want to delete the record. I say yes. It does its thing, and
> then the record is still there. What am I doing wrong?
>
> And yes, I'm using the master level password.
>
> thanks,
>
> Hillary Aisenstein
> Membership Secretary
> Green Party of Philadelphia
> http://www.gpop.org
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