Sorry to be a bit thick but what is an {n,m} construct - and should I be using one ? I thought I had read all the instructions, help files etc. what did I miss ? Trying to be perfect Anne [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 126 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: File Errors [Dave Mayall <[email protected]] > #2 RE: File Errors [Archer Barrie <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D list administrator, send mail to > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: File Errors > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:07:09 +0100 > From: Dave Mayall <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:28:15 +0100, you wrote: > > >Hi All > > > >I would like to know who will take responsibility for those files where errors have been found as a result or the latest check routines. > > In the first instance, the transcriber. > > >I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found that 10 pages were now missing from the database. > > > >That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every 3 months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to correct the files, who would have corrected and made records available in the mean time. > > Barrie and I will "mop up" those who cannot fix it. > > >Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records get back into the database? > > We would do the minimal editing involved. > > >Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many more are like that? > > A total of 400 files were flagged as having errors across all > syndicates. > > If you are concerned, I can let you have a copy of the file list. > > -- > Dave Mayall > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: File Errors > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:22:32 +0100 > From: Archer Barrie <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > John, > > Thank you for your sterling efforts! > > As a result of implementing the {n,m} construct there were some 300 files > that were affected, covering about 170 users. All users were sent emails (8 > were bounced) telling them what files were affected, what the error(s) > was(were) and how to make a correction. > > Ideally the users themselves would make the corrections but as you point out > there will be cases where this will not happen. We will be making regular > checks to determine how the correction process is progressing and at some > point the project leadership will have to make a decision about how the > remnant should be corrected. > > Barrie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Pain [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 11 October 2001 22:28 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: File Errors > > > > > > Hi All > > > > I would like to know who will take responsibility for those > > files where errors have been found as a result or the latest > > check routines. > > > > I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found that > > 10 pages were now missing from the database. > > > > That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every 3 > > months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to > > correct the files, who would have corrected and made records > > available in the mean time. > > > > Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records > > get back into the database? > > > > Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many > > more are like that? > > > > Regards > > > > John > > > > Researching - Hykin (Anywhere) > > Pai(y)n(e) from Kent 1800's > > Conde Salop. Anytime > > > > PS - Please leave a little of the old message to give me a > > clue as to what it's all about. > > -- Anne Brick "If it is to be it is up to me "