[Isis-users] MX utility

[spinaker]

Dear Bridgette

The problem is a syntax error in your command

you should use *mx secin bool=pioj  proc='d.' **copy=secin **now -all 
tell=1000**
*
and you missed the *= *(equal sign) in the command

Regards
Ernesto



El 13/10/2015 a las 12:00, Bridgette Heron escribió:
>
> Hi Ernesto,
>
> Thank you for responding J
>
> The National Library of Jamaica has been CDS/ISIS distributor since 
> 1989. We have collected records from other libraries and made one 
> composite database online (wxis) for them to search…hence the over 
> 142000 records.
>
> I had done the search in Winisis before to verify and confirm the 
> number of records that ‘bool’ would find.
>
> Anyway I did what you suggested (see snapshot) but the records are 
> still not marked or deleted when I open the database in Winisis to 
> verify if they have gone or are logically deleted.
>
> See *PIOJ* in the first field. This is after the mx operation. These 
> PIOJ records are scattered in the db.
>
> *From:*isis-users 
> [mailto:isis-users-bounces+nlj_bmheron=hotmail.com at iccisis.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *spinaker
> *Sent:* Monday, October 12, 2015 4:25 PM
> *To:* isis-users at iccisis.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Isis-users] MX utility
>
> Dear Bridgette
>
> In first place I want to congratulate you because a database with more 
> then 140 thousand records is really interesting
> By the Way, what kind of library you manage and where is it located?
>
> Ok, let's go to work
> Out of curiosity,  how do you get your hit of records, i.e. is the 
> term 'pioj' indexed in any way?
> do you extract that term using some sort of FST?
>
> I suppose that your bool=pioj is correct, so the way to do this is:
> *
>    mx dbase bool=pioj  proc='d.'  copy=dbase now -all tell=1000*
>
> The way to delete the record is copying the process onto the same 
> database, otherwise the result is only to the console, but has no 
> effect on the master file
> let's note that you cannot export records wiht a proc='d.' because you 
> cannot create deleted records !!!
>
> then ... please ... backup yuour database before you begin with the 
> killing !!!
>
> good luck
> Ernesto Spinak
>
>
>
>
> El 12/10/2015 a las 18:05, Bridgette Heron escribió:
>
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     I have a database of 142,747 records and I want to delete all
>     records with the term ‘pioj’ . The search from Winisis yields
>     59775 records so its too many to delete.
>
>     I tried the mx utility.
>
>     Mx dbase bool=pioj proc=’d.’
>
>     Thought it would logically delete them so I could export/import to
>     load back the records I want to keep. The command runs but no
>     effect when in Winisis i.e. records with the term pioj are not
>     flagged as logically deleted.
>
>     Shed some light please. Thanks
>
>     Bridgette
>
>
>
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