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From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Notice: Don't Use Validate File Integrity
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 11:49:19 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <1170.12.90.110.254.1023030404.squirrel@mail.whollygenes.com>


At 08:06 AM 6/2/02 -0700, wrote:
>Notice: Laura has reported and we have confirmed a problem with the
>Validate File Integrity feature.
>
>The problem is that if you add an event to TMG5, give it Sort Date but NOT
>a date, and then run Validate File Integrity, then it will erase that sort
>date. Note that the problem does NOT affect any events that were imported
>from TMG4 and it does NOT affect events that were entered into TMG5 with
>both a date and a sort date.
>
>Naturally, we consider this a serious problem as it risks the loss of
>user's data but it is relatively rare. In fact, we know of only one person
>who has encountered it. Nonetheless, there will be a newsletter to discuss
>it later today and a revision that will fix this problem uploaded sometime
>tomorrow.
[snip]

Hi, Bob:

Based on your description of the problem, I would agree that it is no cause
for alarm. HOWEVER, I enter sort dates without dates all the time, and did
so at least a few times in TMG 5 before I ran VFI (several days ago).

Is there any way, now, to search for possibly affected records? A high
percentage of my TMG 4 imported tags will have sort dates without dates.
The MEL is near useless for this due to its speed and because it closes
once a tag has been selected. Is there any way to get the Sort date to
appear on the MEL?

Darrell


Darrell A. Martin
a native Vermonter currently in exile in Addison, Illinois



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