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"Reese, Terry" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:14:18 -0700
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Ok -- I see what's wrong.  Two things -- one I can accommodate, the other I can't. 

1) The reason when you make the record then break it -- the first record doesn't look right -- your data is invalid.  The first record, the leader has 25 bytes.  It should have 24.  That error will cascade itself through the file.

2) The reason you are losing a page is because it's never seen by MarcEdit.  The reason is that your file format is incorrect.  There should be a blank line after each record -- the last record on your page doesn't have a blank line.  If you break the record with the MarcEditor -- this line will always be present.  How are these records being generated -- because that missing line is the problem.  In most functions, I have tried to accommodate this -- but hadn't in the paging.  I've made a small tweak on my end that will allow mnemonic files that are missing this formatting element to be seen correctly.

I'll be uploading an update this evening -- so this will show up in that update.  

--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 8:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] Truncating file issue - example attached
> 
> 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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