Warning about FORT database

Melanie Moore melaniem68 at home.com
Sun Aug 20 18:26:54 UTC 2000


As I found out the hard way yesterday, each record (topic) only holds 
about 40 message numbers.  If, while entering your data into that 
table, you find a record which looks full, DON'T ENTER YOUR MESSAGE 
NUMBERS THERE.  Instead, create a new record along the lines 
of "(Topic name)--part II" and put your numbers into that one.

I made that mistake yesterday when I entered my "Casting" messages.  
I typed them in where they numerically belonged.  After saving the 
record, I found it had truncated not only some of my own message 
numbers, but also those that came after mine!

Don't worry, Penny.  I've made a new record called "Casting--Part II" 
and re-entered your message numbers there (good thing there was a 
backup).  Anna, if you've already put in any casting messages in the 
5951-6300 range, I'll hunt them down and re-enter them.

Thank you for your patience.  I just wanted to mention this before 
anyone else made the same mistake.

Melanie





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