Had no response to my earlier plea below. So, in an attempt to resolve the issue of duplicate source templates, I made a copy of the 945-name database currently in RM4, then imported the copy into RM6 and ran all Database Tools options on the imported database hoping for a miracle. Nada! Nothing! Still stuck with 10 identical new source templates when I should have only one -- which needs a bit of project-specific tweaking. Bruce, Tom, somebody - HELP! --A longtime user, and advocate, of FO/RM for the Studebaker Family National Association's ongoing digitization project. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra Studebaker To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:09 AM Subject: RM Database Tools & Duplicate Source Templates A belated thank you to Paul, Pat, Margaret and Rick for responding to my earlier (4/4) query about RM's database tools. Long a user--and lover--of RM3 and earlier versions since FO7, I didn't realize that later versions of RM have useful database tools that RM4 lacks. But, apparently, even RM7 still does not have one to help with the issue of duplicate source templates of my one new user-created project-specific template. Twenty-one copies of that template seemed to appear suddenly in one RM4 database of 945 names entered individually. None had been entered via drag-and-drop from another database. Managed to carefully identify and eliminate all but ten of the culprets without losing anything, but the remainder have me stymied. See that Tom Holden has an SQLITE solution for duplicate source templates, but this soon-to-be-octagenarian doesn't have a clue, nor the courage, to try to apply it. Don't want to risk deleting any, as all are said to "have sources using this source," and I see no way of determining what they are. But maybe someone on the list can hold my hand in merging these apparently identical duplicate templates. TIA --Sandra Studebaker in Michigan

Sandra, if you want, I will have a look at your database. Send me a backup (.rmgb file). Tom On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Sandra Studebaker via < rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Had no response to my earlier plea below. So, in an attempt to resolve > the issue of duplicate source templates, I made a copy of the 945-name > database currently in RM4, then imported the copy into RM6 and ran all > Database Tools options on the imported database hoping for a miracle. > Nada! Nothing! Still stuck with 10 identical new source templates when I > should have only one -- which needs a bit of project-specific tweaking. > Bruce, Tom, somebody - HELP! > --A longtime user, and advocate, of FO/RM for the Studebaker Family > National Association's ongoing digitization project. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sandra Studebaker > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:09 AM > Subject: RM Database Tools & Duplicate Source Templates > > > A belated thank you to Paul, Pat, Margaret and Rick for responding to my > earlier (4/4) query about RM's database tools. Long a user--and lover--of > RM3 and earlier versions since FO7, I didn't realize that later versions of > RM have useful database tools that RM4 lacks. But, apparently, even RM7 > still does not have one to help with the issue of duplicate source > templates of my one new user-created project-specific template. Twenty-one > copies of that template seemed to appear suddenly in one RM4 database of > 945 names entered individually. None had been entered via drag-and-drop > from another database. Managed to carefully identify and eliminate all but > ten of the culprets without losing anything, but the remainder have me > stymied. See that Tom Holden has an SQLITE solution for duplicate source > templates, but this soon-to-be-octagenarian doesn't have a clue, nor the > courage, to try to apply it. Don't want to risk deleting any, as all are > said to "have sources using this sour! > ce," and I see no way of determining what they are. But maybe someone on > the list can hold my hand in merging these apparently identical duplicate > templates. TIA > --Sandra Studebaker in Michigan > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >