Hi Jim,
Yes, I use command F, then command J all the time. The recent entries have simply disappeared from the database, as far as I can tell.
David
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>From: Jim Brunner <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2012 11:05 PM
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>Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] database woes
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>David,
>About the only thing I can think that you may have done is
>inadvertently created a partial sub-list of entries. Have you tried
>command J (Find all entries)?
>
>When I updated to a newer version I actually had to bridge my database
>to an intermediate version and then send it on to the newest version.
>
>Jim Brunner
>On Jun 6, 2012, at 11:22 AM, David Kirsh wrote:
>
>> Dear shell cataloguers,
>>
>> I've used Filemaker without a hitch for a while...until a few months
>> ago when my most recent entries disappeared, not to be recovered.
>> I've got Filemaker Pro 6 v.4.
>>
>> I have recommended Filemaker in the past, but I can no longer do so.
>> They won't provide support for version 9 after September, let alone
>> the older versions.
>>
>> It looks like the only recourse is to go to their online forum and
>> hope that someone has knowledge about such glitches and how to deal
>> with them.
>>
>> Of course, I'm free to buy a newer version of Filemaker and get
>> support. But is that good if the database has problems in a mere 5
>> or 6 years? That's not much time in the life of a permanent record.
>>
>> My back-up is a handwritten record which I update in batches, not
>> always with each entry.
>>
>> David Kirsh
>> Durham, NC
>>
>> Slavery is the legal fiction that a
>> Person is Property. Corporate
>> Personhood is the legal fiction that
>> Property is a Person.
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