On Saturday 28 May 2011 13:40, Wes Groleau ([email protected]) opined: > On 05-28-2011 00:57, Bob Melson wrote: > >> (me): >>> > new UUID when the item ceases to be a copy of the other. That, in >>> > my >>>>>>>_opinion_makes_them_useless_for_genealogy_. But they were never >>>>>>>intended >>> > to be some magic way of automatically identifying independently >>> > generated records as being representations of the same entity. >> Then why bother with 'em? > > I don't know. Why? Sounds like one of the unanswered questions of the Universe, kinda like "how many uses ARE there for Velveeta?" or "is there ALWAYS room for Jell-o?" (You remember the Tim Kazurinski (sp?) bit on SNL where he played Avnugoodtime Vishnuverehere?) As matters stand, I'll likely continue to let pGV create _UUIDs by default and continue to piss'n'moan (c) about their utility or lack thereof. Scorchin' Ol' Bob 114 days with no precip -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes -- Thomas Paine

On 05-28-2011 16:16, Bob Melson wrote: > As matters stand, I'll likely continue to let pGV create _UUIDs by default > and continue to piss'n'moan (c) about their utility or lack thereof. I set it so that they aren't shown to non-admins. Then I finally turned them off completely. No new ones, but the old ones are still there. I also switched to webtrees. It's faster. -- Wes Groleau There are two types of people in the world … http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1157