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Vote: Features for 0.9.9
Jan_Mel:
forget I said anything. Justfound adanced search... :-[
rick.ca:
How about Feature Search? ;D
AimHere:
Going along with the idea of an "append database" function as shown in the poll, I would like the ability to SPLIT a database, or more to the point, the ability to select a number of records (via clicking, search, or whatever) and save them directly to a new database. I understand that I could export to a CSV file, start a new database, then import from the CSV, but this approach involves extra steps and might not properly transfer all the database info if the export template isn't set up just right.
From the user's perspective, it would be easier to have a built-in feature that just saves all selected records as a new database, automatically including all fields (including custom ones). Right now, the only real way to achieve the same functionality is to "save as" to a new file, then select and delete all the records I don't want.
AimHere
nostra:
--- Quote from: AimHere on December 18, 2008, 02:49:27 am ---Going along with the idea of an "append database" function as shown in the poll, I would like the ability to SPLIT a database, or more to the point, the ability to select a number of records (via clicking, search, or whatever) and save them directly to a new database. I understand that I could export to a CSV file, start a new database, then import from the CSV, but this approach involves extra steps and might not properly transfer all the database info if the export template isn't set up just right.
From the user's perspective, it would be easier to have a built-in feature that just saves all selected records as a new database, automatically including all fields (including custom ones). Right now, the only real way to achieve the same functionality is to "save as" to a new file, then select and delete all the records I don't want.
AimHere
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Agree, added to my TODO list
rick.ca:
--- Quote ---Right now, the only real way to achieve the same functionality is to "save as" to a new file, then select and delete all the records I don't want.
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I presume the "new feature" would make a copy of the file, permanently delete the unwanted records and resulting orphans, and compress the result. But this can already be done easily and with complete control over the process. So there's no need to wait for this feature to split a database. I agree this is a logical companion to the append function, but the ability to append is all we really need.
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