From: Ken B. <kb...@te...> - 2017-03-24 10:19:37
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It does extend automatically. I have one database of over one million individuals. Not my work but a collaboration of thousands. Ken On 24/03/17 03:06 AM, John W. Kitz wrote: > Hi, > > Id. numbers in Gramps adhere to the format <letter><four-digits>, where the > letter is e.g. S for 'source', C for 'Citation, I for 'Individual', F for > 'Family', etc., which suggests that the maximum number of citations, > sources, individuals or families that can be stored in a single Gramps > database is 9999. > > Is this number a fixed limit or does it expand automatically when the > current maximum value is reached? > > If it doesn't expand automatically are there ways to expand it manually or > is the only alternative to split one's data in multiple databases? > > Regards, Jk. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > https://gramps-project.org > |
From: Ken B. <kb...@te...> - 2017-03-24 12:49:18
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That is not the case or at least it wasn't. I just tested and changing to five digits only affected new entries. I built the large database from a gedcom file and it started with four digits and when they were all used started using five digits etc etc Ken On 24/03/17 04:36 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > Also, you can increase the size from 4 to 5 and Gramps IIRC automagically > reformats every ID. > > On 03/24/2017 05:19 AM, Ken Bergen wrote: >> It does extend automatically. >> >> I have one database of over one million individuals. >> Not my work but a collaboration of thousands. >> >> Ken >> >> On 24/03/17 03:06 AM, John W. Kitz wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Id. numbers in Gramps adhere to the format <letter><four-digits>, where the >>> letter is e.g. S for 'source', C for 'Citation, I for 'Individual', F for >>> 'Family', etc., which suggests that the maximum number of citations, >>> sources, individuals or families that can be stored in a single Gramps >>> database is 9999. >>> >>> Is this number a fixed limit or does it expand automatically when the >>> current maximum value is reached? >>> >>> If it doesn't expand automatically are there ways to expand it manually or >>> is the only alternative to split one's data in multiple databases? >>> >>> Regards, Jk. |