I now understand the 2 edged sword in a big way. The other problem is that RM is using the 1st name in the list for the blank, even though I selected another and saved it on each (my habit). This is happening after I have closed that edit page and gone to another. Jon *** On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Tom Holden <ve3meo@gmail.com> wrote: > If you delete a Place Detail from the Place List, it is no longer available > to any of the events that used it and they will be blank. If, rather, in > the > Edit Person screen, you delete a Place Detail from an event, The Place > Detail remains in the Place List and continues to be available to all other > events that use it. > > Your terminology is confusing. There is no death place detail list nor is > there more than one Place Detail list for any one Place. There can be a > Place Detail list for a Place that is used by a death event or any number > of > events of mixed types. And each Place Detail can be used by many different > events and types of events. That's the double-edged sword of relational > databases - you only have to enter and maintain the data for the place in > one location but deleting it removes it from all uses! > > This does not sound like a bug. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Czarowitz > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 3:49 PM > To: rootsmagic-users > Subject: [RMagic] Problem with place details > > I was checking my cemeteries on people view using place detail as alpha. > When I got to the oners in McKinney that should have been Pecan Grove > Cemetery, it should 1405 W Louisiana which was a residence address. > In checking the edit screen I found that every McKinney burials had that > address, not the cemetery. Also the place detail view for all uses of > McKinney had the same listing > including cemeteries. I made the mistaker of deleting the unwanted details > from the death place detail list. It removed the same ones from all place > detail lists for that location. > If anyone has had the same problem, can you tell when it started. I have > gone back many backups and find the same thing. > > I am using XP with latest updates for RM 5. I can duplicate the problem. It > is using the first name in the place detail list. Because of the detail > deletion of the cemetery on that one place > i have no cemetery for McKinney place detail location and a blank where the > cemetery should be on the edit screen and people view. > > Thanks for your help. > -- > -- > Jon P Czarowitz, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC > Hempel Genealogist since 1986 > International Genealogist for > http://www.clancunninghamintl.org > RootsMagic 4 http://www.rootsmagic.com > CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE! > > > =================================== > 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 > > > > =================================== > 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 > -- -- Jon P Czarowitz, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 International Genealogist for http://www.clancunninghamintl.org RootsMagic 4 http://www.rootsmagic.com CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE!