Hello Brian, According to the Uncertain Character Format, "?" is used when there is nothing in the column. In this case, the column contains "d". Additionally, neither WinBMD or the FreeBMD file management editor accept "?d". Kind regards, John. Brian Smart wrote: > Hello John, > The correct entry is: ?d. > Regards > > Brian Smart > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Crew > Sent: 01 December 2008 15:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field > > Hello, > > I have a problem with the following record in scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg: > > JELF,Reginald,0,Kings N.,d,66 (note missing number in volume field) > > Following the response to a similar problem on this list (actually, a > missing volume letter), I transcribed the volume as "_d" and > successfully uploaded to FreeBMD. In order to adhere to TWYS, within the > file management section, I attempted to edit out the underscore. > However, the editor will not save the file because the volume field does > not contain a number. > > The Uncertain Character Format doesn't seem to cover this situation. > Perhaps I should enter "*d" followed by a #COMMENT. > > Can anyone please advise me as to how I should deal with this record. > > Many thanks, > > John. > > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello John, Did you get the email I sent on the 2nd December? Details below: Hello John, You are quite correct in that a question mark is used for missing field data. Having tried a number of options it would seem that you can only use '_d', which is strictly speaking invalid as the missing number is not there or use a question mark to replace the letter 'd' that is there. As there is no other option I would go for the '_d' option as you could argue that the number is there but you can't read it. Regards Brian Smart -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Crew Sent: 02 December 2008 08:53 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field Hello Brian, According to the Uncertain Character Format, "?" is used when there is nothing in the column. In this case, the column contains "d". Additionally, neither WinBMD or the FreeBMD file management editor accept "?d". Kind regards, John. Brian Smart wrote: > Hello John, > The correct entry is: ?d. > Regards > > Brian Smart > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Crew > Sent: 01 December 2008 15:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field > > Hello, > > I have a problem with the following record in scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg: > > JELF,Reginald,0,Kings N.,d,66 (note missing number in volume field) > > Following the response to a similar problem on this list (actually, a > missing volume letter), I transcribed the volume as "_d" and > successfully uploaded to FreeBMD. In order to adhere to TWYS, within the > file management section, I attempted to edit out the underscore. > However, the editor will not save the file because the volume field does > not contain a number. > > The Uncertain Character Format doesn't seem to cover this situation. > Perhaps I should enter "*d" followed by a #COMMENT. > > Can anyone please advise me as to how I should deal with this record. > > Many thanks, > > John. > > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Brian, yes I have received your email. I used '_d' as suggested by yourself (and others) and sent you a copy of the amended transcription file on 2/12/2008. Regards, John. Brian Smart wrote: > Hello John, > Did you get the email I sent on the 2nd December? > Details below: > > Hello John, > You are quite correct in that a question mark is used for missing field > data. Having tried a number of options it would seem that you can only use > '_d', which is strictly speaking invalid as the missing number is not there > or use a question mark to replace the letter 'd' that is there. > As there is no other option I would go for the '_d' option as you could > argue that the number is there but you can't read it. > Regards > > Brian Smart > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Crew > Sent: 02 December 2008 08:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field > > Hello Brian, > > According to the Uncertain Character Format, "?" is used when there is > nothing in the column. In this case, the column contains "d". > > Additionally, neither WinBMD or the FreeBMD file management editor > accept "?d". > > Kind regards, > > John. > > Brian Smart wrote: >> Hello John, >> The correct entry is: ?d. >> Regards >> >> Brian Smart >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Crew >> Sent: 01 December 2008 15:47 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem with the following record in scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg: >> >> JELF,Reginald,0,Kings N.,d,66 (note missing number in volume field) >> >> Following the response to a similar problem on this list (actually, a >> missing volume letter), I transcribed the volume as "_d" and >> successfully uploaded to FreeBMD. In order to adhere to TWYS, within the >> file management section, I attempted to edit out the underscore. >> However, the editor will not save the file because the volume field does >> not contain a number. >> >> The Uncertain Character Format doesn't seem to cover this situation. >> Perhaps I should enter "*d" followed by a #COMMENT. >> >> Can anyone please advise me as to how I should deal with this record. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> John. >> >> >> >> FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >> FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >> FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >