I have had this happen at times. It's usually with a file that does
not validate cleanly and I suspect there are some types of errors
trigger this.
I did have it happen fairly recently, but I'm pretty careful about
resaving between steps now, so it doesn't happen very often.
Stacy
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Reese, Terry
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So, I don’t want to end up sounding like a grumpy gus over here, but this is
> why the need to be able to recreate and provide me with data is important.
>
>
>
> At this point, there have been only a handful of people that have mentioned
> having issues – and often times, the issue corrects itself by closing the
> program and doing the edits again. So, at this point, I’m not sure if it’s
> the program, a corruption in the program (i.e., something that should have
> been updated didn’t), file data getting corrupted, etc. I’ve spent the last
> hour working with a test file of 1500 records extracted from my catalog.
> Without saving, I’ve done over 250 different edit operations, paging through
> files so edits were committed on many different pages, and after each,
> checked the field counts to make sure all field data was as expected and
> after an hour of testing ever function, multiple times, in succession,
> everything is working exactly as I’d expected. This is why, when reporting
> a problem like this, I need specifics and hopefully, a test file so we are
> working with the same data so I can recreate whatever the user is seeing.
> This way, I can see if there is a problem in the program, a problem with the
> program workflow (i.e., the function isn’t doing what the individual thought
> it was doing), a data problem, etc.
>
>
>
> I’m going to spend some time looking through this. In my testing this
> morning, I did run across some annoying things that didn’t affect records,
> but they are going to bug me till they get fixed – so I will. But this
> really the reason why I keep coming back to what I need from users reporting
> a problem in order for me to really see where the problem might be.
>
>
>
> --TR
>
>
>
> ***************************
>
> Terry Reese, Associate Professor
>
> Gray Family Chair for
>
> Innovative Library Services
>
> 121 Valley Library
>
> Corvallis, OR 97331
>
> tel: 541.737.6384
>
> ***************************
>
>
>
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Grucan, Sally
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 9:29 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] FW: Loss of Records
>
>
>
> From: Grucan, Sally
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Loss of Records
>
>
>
> Mary: I wish it were so simple! I have Preview Mode turned off so I see
> all records automatically, as Terry has suggested. Furthermore, I always do
> a record count (and validation) prior to any editing so I know the file is
> complete.
>
>
>
> --Sally Grucan, Wesleyan
>
>
>
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary A. Gilbertson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:57 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Loss of Records
>
>
>
> I thought I had lost some records this morning, however it was just that the
> whole file did not initially load. Could this be what is happening to some
> others?
>
>
>
> There is a bar at the top of the editor that one can click on to load the
> rest of the records. I have forgotten the terminology in that bar, but I
> think it asked if I wanted to load the full file on the right and listed the
> amount of bytes that had loaded already on the left. It took me a while to
> see the bar because it is the first time MarcEdit has not processed the
> entire file for me.
>
>
>
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Reese, Terry
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:04 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Loss of Records
>
>
>
> So, rather than this being a me too kind of thread -- which isn’t really
> helpful for me – the only way I’ll be able to look into this is if people
> send me files with exact steps to recreate how you are losing records
> because this really isn’t something that I can recreate on my own.
>
>
>
> --TR
>
>
>
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bissen, Sheryl
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] Loss of Records
>
>
>
> This just happened to me as well. I went from a file of 1083 records, to a
> file of 1082 which was not a big deal to me but after a few more edits there
> were suddenly only 1039 records. I did not delete any records. I was many
> performing Find/Replace operations and delete/add subfield. I got out of
> the file and saved but the file when re-opened only contained 1039 records.
>
>
>
> Now I need to start all over with the edits. Guess I need to remember to
> save after each action.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> Sheryl Bissen
> Library Systems Support Specialist
> Grinnell College Libraries
> 1111 Sixth Ave.
> Grinnell, IA 50112
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> 641-269-3359
>
>
>
>
>
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