At 10:25 AM 5/16/01 -0400, you wrote: >ok: just upgraded to 3.07 from 2.51x (this means trouble...) > >there is a problem which is quite bizzare, so I'll list the steps I did and >the results: > >created a new database: walker >imported into this database a GED - no problems. DB looked good. > >closed that DB (not the program): created a new DB: pastuzyn >used the version 2 import into this one. >In the pastuzyn DB, <EVERY> source has a publication: >Publication: State College, Pa.: Centre Daily Times, Tue. 14 Dec 1999. > >this "publication" is <nowhere> in my version 2 database, <BUT>, it is in the >WALKER GED file as: >0 @[email protected] SOUR >1 TITL Obituary of Lawrence R. Walker Sr. >1 PUBL State College, Pa.: Centre Daily Times, Tue. 14 Dec 1999. >1 TEXT His obituary in the "Centre Daily Times" of Tue. 14 Dec 1999 read: >"Lawrence R. Walker Sr. > >how did this publication get attached to every source in my version 2 import? >does not closing a DB "flush the buffer" so to speak? > >how do I do a global erase of this publication in the pastuzyn DB? >do I have to erase and start the pastuzyn DB over? Does sound like something not cleared from the first database. Will have to look into this. Sounds like a bug. The best solution, especially if you haven't edited anything yet, is to delete the later database and start all over - import again from freshly starting the program so that things are cleared. Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043