Re: Specimen: Number (see 2.4.10 SPECIMEN in Copp, 2004)
Defined as "Any number/text used by the recorder to identify the specimen", this field is only 10 characters long as implemented in Recorder 6 and this length is also restricted to 10 by the Import wizard.
It is not an adequate length for most purposes, for example if my specimens have a structure of "DPS.1992.nn" then I can only record 100 specimens in a year using this field.
I have spoken to Charles Copp and this was not what he intended for this field and in fact the underlying SQL database will take more characters.
Can we have this fixed please in both the main application and the Import routines.