From: doug <do...@o2...> - 2009-09-18 13:06:56
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Doug Blank wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Dave Gilmore <da...@da... > <mailto:da...@da...>> wrote: > > Doug, > > I think that would be a great idea. One thing I have run itno is > when I import GEDCOM files from, say, the SSDI site for someone > already in my database, I end up with duplicates of things I then > have to cleanup and unlink, all for the sake of grabbing a few > pieces of info. What would be cool is if when I changed the IND ID > in the gedcom to the person's ID in GRAMPS. And when I imported it > GRAMPS would see that the ID already existed and add the detail > records like birth, death, and sources to the existing user. Is that > possible? > > > Sure, it is possible. We'll have to figure out exactly how that would > work (for example, what happens if you already have birth and death > events for that person?) but I think that is the type of activity that > we'd like to make easier. > > BTW, what is SSDI? > > Thanks! > > -Doug > > <snip> Doug, What's the current state of progress with the rewriting of Import/Merge? Doug |