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General => Technical Help => Reference Library => Topic started by: DudleyWinchurch on Sunday 31 January 10 08:10 GMT (UK)
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Hi Bob,
In SIT, my "Show all..." match names seems to be working fine now but the "Surname Search" option does not work for some names.
The one that I was trying was "O'Brien" but I get a message saying "Couldn't read file".
Does this just mean that it's empty or is there a problem in the system there?
thanks for all your hard work,
Sheila
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Hi again Bob.
separate message as separate problem but it may have the same or a related cause?
I'm now trying to add my O'Briens to my Surname interests.
The name exists on your list but I don't seem to be able to add it in because of the apostrophe. It thinks I'm trying to add multiple names in one go and helpfully provides a back-slash for me but then can't accept that either.
Sheila
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I call that the O'Crikey Syndrome :)
Still working on the problem of using apostrophes as part of the name.
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Thanks Bob,
that was a quick response. I'll await the outcome with interest.
Sheila
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Bob
Small problem, have added two new surnames and despite adding country - England, this is not showing on the list, just dashes. Am I doing something wrong?
Kerry :)
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Split off these messages and made a new topic.
Kerry, when adding England did you choose from the pull-down menu and then click on "Select Country" ??
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Just noticed another error:
Database Error, Surname Interest: BAXTER was not edited in the Database
back to the drawing board ....
Bob
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Split off these messages and made a new topic.
Kerry, when adding England did you choose from the pull-down menu and then click on "Select Country" ??
I did, the second time I tried and it made no difference. :-\
Kerry
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try it again, should be OK now. :)
Still the "O'Crikey Syndrome" to solve :(
Bob
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Split off these messages and made a new topic.
Kerry, when adding England did you choose from the pull-down menu and then click on "Select Country" ??
I did, the second time I tried and it made no difference. :-\
Kerry
Kerry
It's just worked for me and I was having the same trouble. Once I realised that I had to click the "Select Country" box, after I had selected a country, this then gave me a drop-down box for counties. I am using IE, but if I recall you use Firefox?
Before I'd worked this out, I was saving the entry, and then editing it to add the county. ::)
Whatever, well-done Bob, and all others who sail in the SIT mechanical area, for getting it back up in circulation again :)
JULIAN
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Still the "O'Crikey Syndrome" to solve :(
And I may have cracked this one too ;D
Once I realised that I had to click the "Select Country" box, after I had selected a country, this then gave me a drop-down box for counties.
This may help: I've added a sentence, underneath the country box ...
Choose country and click 'Select ...' button
Bob
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Thank you Bob, you must be a very busy man. It works :-*
Kerry
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Still the "O'Crikey Syndrome" to solve :(
And I may have cracked this one too ;D
Bob
Thanks Bob,
that seems to be working fine now.
and I like the new layout with one per line in the "Find all ..." view, makes it easier to glance down and see where they are from and not miss the ones with less information attached.
Sheila
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Are there any more surnames beginning with 'S' after Sm..... ?
Kooky
Moderator Comment: topics merged
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Curious, now that you mention it Kooky, the "S" entries don't seem to be organised in strict alphabetical order either! ???
... and some are repeated.
(added: perhaps these comments should be on the other thread at: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php /topic,434305.0.html)
Moderator Comment: topics merged :)
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Are there any more surnames beginning with 'S' after Sm..... ?
Kooky
No there isnt I thought maybe page 2 but no
Celia
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Loads and loads of 'em, right down to SZYMANSKI !
The surnames are now sorted horizontally, instead of vertically.
Curious, now that you mention it Kooky, the "S" entries don't seem to be organised in strict alphabetical order either! ???
Can you give me some examples please
... and some are repeated.
and some examples here, too, please :)
Bob
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Hi Bob,
the problems all seem to have gone away this morning but I checked after kooky mentioned problems yesterday and it stopped after SM... entries for me too but there were lots of them and in strange orders with repetitions.
In particular, I remember that SM.. and SN... entries were all jumbled up, as were SC..., SH..., etc. and that a number of double names appeared several time, some of which don't seem to be there at all today (was it reading from some old scratchpad?). Among other names that were repeated were SAMs, SAMMS etc. I noticed those because I was carefully checking that it wasn't just a case of alternative spellings. It looked like it had got lost when trying to populate the table and kept on repeating, but I didn't notice whether they were complete blocks in the same order that repeated, I don't think so because of the way the SN.. and SM.. entries were almost alternating in parts.
All seems to have gone away now.
Sheila