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Stacy Pober <[log in to unmask]>
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MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:05:25 -0400
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Yipes - I sent you the file AFTER truncation.  Sorry.

Attached is the version before the problem occurs.

Sorry about that!


On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Reese, Terry
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Stacy,
>
> Sorry -- I simply can't recreate this problem.  I took this file added a record to make it 201 records (to force 3 pages) and no matter how I edit the records, the resulting file stays at 201 records.
>
> I guess I'd have to ask if you are on the most current version of MarcEdit -- and if not, I'd update.  If you are -- you may consider uninstalling and reinstalling because something may not have been registered correctly.  There was a problem noted in the listserv earlier that would cause edits to be dropped when working with them -- and even, files to be truncated during certain conditions -- specifically using save as in the paging mode.  But to my knowledge, those issues have been corrected.  If other people are seeing something like this occurring -- I'll need specific instructions and files for recreating it because at this point, I simply cannot.
>
> --TR
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stacy Pober
>> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 3:30 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] Truncating file issue - example attached
>>
>> Every now and again, I start editing a file that validates, only to
>> find the file mysteriously truncating.  For example, the attached file
>> has 255 records.  If  I do a Delete Field and delete the field:
>> 099, it reports that 255 fields were deleted, and there are still 3
>> pages of records indicated.  However, if I then save the file, the file
>> instantly reports that there are only 2 pages of records and there will
>> now be only 200 records if I do a field count or perform any add/delete
>> of a field.
>>
>> I don't know what's causing it.  I found that if I did no editing but
>> compiled the file into MARC format, and then opened the resulting MRC
>> file, there would be 255 records, but the  first record in the batch
>> would no longer validate and the field numbers were mustly messed up
>> (but only in that first record).  I edited the MRK file in a text
>> editor  to fix the field numbers, and then the file stayed as 255
>> records without any problems.
>>
>> This is the third or fourth file I've worked with that did this
>> mysterious thing of truncating down to the next nearest 100 records.
>> One of the files that did this would do it multiple times, going from
>> over 400 records down to 400, then down to 300.
>>
>> Example attached.   (If it's too large and gets screened out by the
>> listserv, I can resend it privately.)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Stacy Pober
>> Information Alchemist
>> Manhattan College Library
>> Riverdale, NY 10471
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
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-- 
Stacy Pober
Information Alchemist
Manhattan College Library
Riverdale, NY 10471
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