Re: renumbering the db

[David Mackinder <davemack>]

you're dead right, Mark, the record number is entered when a record is cited, and
any alteration to it causes the 'update citations' option to point to the material
that matches the new/altered number. Open a document, switch to expanded mode,
change a record number, switch back to normal mode, invoke 'update citations' and
see what happens!

"Mark D. Szuchman" wrote:

> . . . But before *cahnging* record numbers, has anyone considered
> that the record number *may* be tied to the Ibidem cites in one's research
> documents. That is, does anyone know if there is a functional link between
> the cites in the document and the record number in the db?  When you
> re-index,for example, the record number originally assigned to each record
> remains unaltered. Furtheromre, in all db's there has to be one field that
> contains a unique identifier for each record (e.g., in many db's dealing
> with people in the US, the social security number is the unique
> identifier). Mess around with the ssn and Lord help you. Mess around with
> the record number and. ...
>
> Now, I'm not saying that I know for certain the nature of the record
> number's function or its link between documents and cites. This is
> something on which NB-NY might want to provide feedback. But I do know that
> before I give in to my own little personality traits associated with a
> sense of order, or my dash of OCD, I would *not* change a record number.
> Mark