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Re: Two ProCite questions - help, please
Author: Fred Lerner    Posted: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:35:02 EDT
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:35:02 EDT Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: Fred Lerner Subject: Re: Two ProCite questions - help, please MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Our PILOTS database has about 16,000 records, and we have never = experienced any problems because of its size. --Fred Lerner, D.L.S., Information Scientist National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder VA Medical Center (116D) White River Junction, Vermont 05009 (802) 296-5132 Fax (802) 296-5135 Visit our Web site at=20 <http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/ptsd/>

Re: Two ProCite questions - help, please
Author: Diana Robinson    Posted: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:45:05 +0000
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:45:05 +0000 Reply-To: Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Comments: Authenticated sender is From: Diana Robinson Organization: NYS Academy of Fire Science Subject: Re: Two ProCite questions - help, please In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT re: database size Our largest database has about 27,000 records. No problems on ProCite. You may have to re-index the database just before installing in RWP if your RWP is running on a different PC than the one you compiled the ProCite database in originally. Apparently larger databases will crash otherwise. Another caveat about large RWP databases: they're SLOW! Diana Robinson, Librarian NYS OFPC, Academy of Fire Science PO Box 811, 600 College Ave. Montour Falls, NY 14865 607-535-7136 ext.605 (fax 535-4841)

Re: Two ProCite questions - help, please
Author: William S Peterson    Posted: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:36:23 -0400
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:36:23 -0400 Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: "William S. Peterson" Subject: Re: Two ProCite questions - help, please In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII This is a question of considerable interest to me, and I assume to others as well. I am compiling a large database in ProCite (version 3, Windows 95) that now has about 6600 records, and if there is a size limitation in the program, I'd certainly like to know about it. A text version of the database can be seen at my Web site "English Literature and Religion": http://www.inform.umd.edu/ENGL/englfac/WPeterson/ELR/elr.htm I am thinking about making it available on the site through Reference Web Poster but have not taken the leap yet. William S. Peterson Department of English University of Maryland *********************************** On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Carol Enns wrote: > [. . .] > 2. Is there a database size limit, and if so, is it possible to override that limit? One of my researchers has a large database (8000+ records) and has been building it by copying smaller databases into it. This worked fine until late last week when a Dr. Watson error message was received and ProCite crashed. Has anyone expericenced this - or better yet, solved it? > > Any help or suggestions will be much appreciated. > > > > Carol Enns, Library and Information Centre Manager > Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada > Brandon Research Centre > P.O. Box 1000A, R.R. #3 > Brandon, Manitoba > Canada R7A 5Y3 > Phone: 204-726-7650 Ext. 247 > Fax: 204-728-3858 > Emai: >

Re: Two ProCite questions - help, please
Author: STANLEY; Dr Philip    Posted: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:37:30 +0100
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:37:30 +0100 Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: "STANLEY; Dr Philip" Subject: Re: Two ProCite questions - help, please In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I cannot comment on the page break problem mentioned by Carol other than to say changing the page size when sending the print command from Print Bibliography. Also use of Find & Replace of a hard page break might be a useful ploy after importing the rich text file into a word processor. As regards the DB size, I have had no difficulty in using of databases around the 8k record size, even with ProCite 2.x. Running NT4 with service pack 5, I routinely use (several times a day) run ProCite 4.03 DB's exceeding 30k records and I have one now of 53k records which has a hard disc usage close to 250Mb. This has been built up in the same way as Carol indicates. I use a RAM of 256Mb. In Carol's situation I would use "Repair DB" before further activity. 23AUG99 ******************************************************************** Dr Philip Stanley Email: Tel: +44 1223-460888 FAX: +44 1223-461777 Cambridge Research & Technology Transfer Ltd 48 Glisson Road Cambridge CB1 2HF England ******************************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List On Behalf Of Carol Enns Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 6:05 PM To: Subject: Two ProCite questions - help, please Hello, I am hoping someone on this list will be able to help with two questions. Here goes: 1. How, in ProCite 4.03, is it possible to generate a bibliography that will not insert a page break in mid-reference? 2. Is there a database size limit, and if so, is it possible to override that limit? One of my researchers has a large database (8000+ records) and has been building it by copying smaller databases into it. This worked fine until late last week when a Dr. Watson error message was received and ProCite crashed. Has anyone expericenced this - or better yet, solved it? Any help or suggestions will be much appreciated. Carol Enns, Library and Information Centre Manager Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Brandon Research Centre P.O. Box 1000A, R.R. #3 Brandon, Manitoba Canada R7A 5Y3 Phone: 204-726-7650 Ext. 247 Fax: 204-728-3858 Emai:

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