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 >

Apologies for the duplicate message. Regards, John. John Crew wrote: > 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]om] 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 >> > 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 >