Actually, you are misunderstanding how the program works. MarcEdit, as a general rule, won't delete large swaths of records from the source file with this tool. Never has. It prompts you to generate a new file where the file is saved (minus the selected records for deletion). This is done so that you always have an original copy of your source file.
--TR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stacy Pober
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:47 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] Problem with extracting records
>
> Working with the new update, I'm having a problem extracting records
> from a large MRC or MRK file. I can search and select the records,
> and I can export selected records to a file, but with the current
> version of MarcEdit, I can't figure out how to get selected records
> deleted from the source file.
>
> I've only used this function a couple of times before, and at that
> time I didn't really have a problem. However, I think in those cases
> I wanted the file of selected records. Is there a way to split the
> file into one file of selected records and one file of the unselected
> records?
>
> Specifically, in this case, I wanted to delete the serial records, so
> I searched for ISSN in the 022 field. This found all the records with
> ISSNs, and now I want to have a file of all the records *without*
> ISSNs. I would do this manually if it was a small file, but it's
> over 40,000 records, so that won't really work.
>
> I don't know if something changed with this newest version, or
> whether I've forgotten some important step.
>
> The help file says, "If a users [sic] checks the Resave modified
> records in the source checkbox, the source file will be modified."
>
> I'm not able to figure out what checkbox this refers to. I don't see
> it as an option in the Extract tool screen.
>
> Suggestions, please!
>
> Advance thanks,
> Stacy
> --
> Stacy Pober
> Information Alchemist
> Manhattan College Library
> Riverdale, NY 10471
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