ianmac
15-07-09, 09:29 AM
Issue: loading members into your masterfile from a CSV (ASE8 format save) where you have changed the content.
One thing you need to be careful with is the first field in the CSV file.
This is the original sequence number of the records in the masterfile.
Where a player does not have a national (ABF) number the sequence no.is used to identify the player (in reports and CARDS).
If you add players using the CSV file AND the masterfile is not empty the sequence numbers on the CSV file are ignored (otherwise duplicates can occur). This will cause chaos in CARDS and old events.
Note, if you delete players from the CSV file there will be gaps in the sequence number but this is not a problem.
In summary it is essential to load the CSV file into an empty file and not to change the original sequence number.
One thing you need to be careful with is the first field in the CSV file.
This is the original sequence number of the records in the masterfile.
Where a player does not have a national (ABF) number the sequence no.is used to identify the player (in reports and CARDS).
If you add players using the CSV file AND the masterfile is not empty the sequence numbers on the CSV file are ignored (otherwise duplicates can occur). This will cause chaos in CARDS and old events.
Note, if you delete players from the CSV file there will be gaps in the sequence number but this is not a problem.
In summary it is essential to load the CSV file into an empty file and not to change the original sequence number.