Terry,
I'm happy to send along my files in question if need be.
Thanks,
-Shana
On 8/30/2010 3:02 PM, Reese, Terry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had someone else who had experienced a problem trying to match with the 035. I'm looking at some sample files now to see why there were problems and if need be, quickly post a solution.
>
> --TR
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shana L. McDanold
>> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 11:46 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] merge records question
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can't quite figure out what's going wrong. I'm trying to merge two
>> .mrk files using the merge records function.
>>
>> One file has full records. This is my source file.
>>
>> One file I created from a .txt delimited file. This is my merge file.
>> It
>> has two main elements: the 035$a and the 856 40$u associated with that
>> 035. Each 856 is unique to each 035 (one-to-one relationship, no
>> repeats).
>>
>> The match point is that first 035$a. My source file has multiple 035s,
>> but the one I'm matching is the first (position 1).
>>
>> I want to add the 856 for each 035 into the full record in the source
>> file. Simple, no? Yeah. Apparently not so simple.
>>
>> My set up:
>> The record identifier, 035$a, is repeatable, matching on position 1.
>> I'm merging selected fields only - the 856.
>> I've also tried merging all unique data.
>> I don't want to overlay because the merge file has a dummy LDR and 008
>> present that I do not want.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it's not working. One of two things are happening:
>> 1. the 856 in the LAST record in the merge file is being added to ALL
>> the records in the source file - result of merge only 856 field
>> 2. the 856 in the FIRST record in the merge file is being added to ALL
>> the records in the source file - result of merge all unique data
>>
>> So, the question is how do I get each unique 856 into each record? And
>> what is going wrong? Why is it merging all the same 856 data?!?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Shana
>>
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