Re: Problem importing observer names
I am having a lot of problem with the import wizard importing recorders' names. In Staffs our preferred format was taken from Rec3 i.e. "Slawson, G.C."
When I run an import I get the above appearing as 3 entries:
Slawson, G.C.
Slawson
G.C.
This isn't too bad as long as there aren't two people with either the same surname or initials, otherwise I have to abort the import edit the source to G.C.Slawson and rerun - this is getting a real pain!
I believe the problem is in import of the Determiner, I think "Slawson, G.C." comes from the observer field whilst the other two are created from the Determiner field. The problem doesn't appear to occur with people with only one initial, i.e. "Slawson, C." does not get split
Craig
Staffordshire Ecological Record