Re: renumbering the db

[Mary Bernard <Mary_Bernard>]

Maureen

> I have only a single db in Ibid but
> the numbering is out of sequence...so lets
> have say I have 349 entries and the first is numbered #1 and the last
> #400.
> How do I redo the sequence so there are no
> skips??

As Rick's message says:

> Renumbering records to
> get rid of gaps in a database is possible with an XPL program written
> originally for NB-DOS by Tony Woozley and updated for NB-Win by Mary
> Bernard: IBIDR#.RUN. You can download it from the NB Miscellany site,
> http://users.moscow.com/rpenticoff/nb/utilities/mbutils.htm

But do pay heed to his and Mark's warnings about not renumbering a
bibliographical DB if you've already got citations from it in your
files/documents. 

Mary

Mary Bernard
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