Hi Lynn,

I can select it as a species dictionary (Dictionaries, Taxon), what I can't do is select it from within the Report Wizard. Does that clarify?

Les.

Hi Les and Lynn,
I've just had a good look at the code behind this. In Recorder 2000 there was a facility to only install the lists you wanted from the CD to save disk space. So, in the Taxon_List table, there is a flag called LOCAL_DISK. This facility is no longer relevant so the flag ought to be removed along with all references. Anyway, some of the lists including many of the BRC RA... lists have this flag set to 0, which makes the report wizard think they are not in the database and exclude them from selection.
A quick fix would be to run this query:

UPDATE Taxon_List SET Local_Disk=1

This should also fix a bug where you can't drag species from these lists into the single occurrence record card.
Lynn, will you pick up an action to clean out this attribute and all the related code please?

I think I must have misunderstood the reasoning behind this. I had assumed that these lists had been deliberately hidden as they had been superceded by the more comprehensive preferred checklists (as many BRC lists include 'obsolete' in their title). This then effectively forces the use of the preferred lists, only keeping the old checklists in the background to allow the system to deal with legacy data entered against them.

Gordon

John
That was my understanding too. The local_disc was a mistake in my opinion - not deliberate. But yes - we do use the allow_data_entry_flag to attempt to encourage the use of new lists for recording - but reporting shoudl not be restricted.
S