[Isis-users] FW: MX utility query - solved

[spinaker]

Dear Bridgette

There is a manual indeed,
look at this page of Bireme's wiki
http://wiki.bireme.org/en/index.php/CISIS
near the bottom of the page, "Available manuals"  CISIS 
Utilities - Reference manual, which includes MX is available in 6 languages

regards
ernesto



El 13/10/2015 a las 16:36, Bridgette Heron escribió:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> Ernesto has done it again. My problem is solved and 1 more lesson 
> learnt from our genius J
>
> See solution below in his email. I love the versatility of the mx 
> command. There should really be a manual on it.
>
> Bridgette
>
> *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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