On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 08:25 +0200, Weiers Coetser wrote: > I copied the files to a different computer, and then it worked a bit > better. I think it is an issue of memory or processing power. The first > computer is still a pentium three with 256 Mb ram. > > The other computer is Pentium 4 - also with 256MB ram. The first time I > tried it with 52 records and I could see how it merged the documents. It > crashed at 42. No error messages, no auto recovery. Then I deleted a > lot of the records and tried it with 20 records. Then it did it quite well. > > My other computer just responded very erratically. > > Thanks anyway >
How much swap space do you have? As a rule of thumb I allow at least 2 times memory if over 128Mb and 4 times if under. > Paul wrote: > > >Sounds strange. I'm assuming that all fields are non-empty and that > >the source spreadsheet has not been altered by someone else. > > > >Did this work correctly when you first created it? > > > >/paul > > > >On 7/13/05, Weiers Coetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Hi > >> > >>I'm running OOO 1.9.79.2 on Ubuntu > >> > >>------------------------ > >>I spent most today and yesterday setting up a rather complicated > >>registration form for the Dormitory where I work. It contains about 40 > >>fields. > >> > >>I set up a Calc- document with all the data (about 55 records) with > >>about 50 fields. > >> > >>Now I am trying to merge the two together. When I tested it in the > >>beginning it worked quite well... now the programme is repeatedly doing > >>the following > >> > >>It places the Surname of Record One in the document of Record Two. > >>The Surname of Record Two in the document of record Three. > >> > >>So if the person in record one is Bongani Mbatha > >>and the person in record two is Khumo Lekau > >> > >>It prints it as Khumo Mbatha > >> > >>How do I fix this? I am under quite a bit of pressure to get these > >>registration documents done. > >> > >>Thanks > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
