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Author: Community Mailer
Posted: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:55:56 -0800
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Subject: Re: Ref ID number missing
Author: mghahn (New User)
Date: 01-13-2010 10:55 PM
The way to solve this is to do a systematic search to identify the Refman ID numbers that are not being used. The way that I do this is to do a retrieval on RefID number, say 1-100. That should give 100 references if there are no gaps. There will be less if there are gaps. If there are gaps, sub-divide the search (i.e., 1-50) into a managable set, then sort the retrieval by RefID, and then write down the missing RefIDs. Now when you want to add new refs, go to Tools, then Options, click on the tab for Reference Edit and unclick the "assign refid number". Now you can manually put in the RefID number when entering a new reference, and you can then use the missing RefID numbers to give a gap-less database. I have done this several times, and now have a gap-less database of over 30000 entries. RefMan doesn't really care about the "empty" refID slots. I just like having a gapless database. Cheers, Michael
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