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Zythe:
Could you rename mother and father "parent a" and "parent b" and possibly make it so that when you create a new sim the db generates a unique id for them so that if I have two sims with the same name they don't get strangely merged in places?
Pegasys:
Quote from: Zythe on 2005 October 29, 14:24:49
Could you rename mother and father "parent a" and "parent b" and possibly make it so that when you create a new sim the db generates a unique id for them so that if I have two sims with the same name they don't get strangely merged in places?
Will consider about ways to rename the parents but if there is a mother it *has* to go in the first field, father in the second in order for the relatives calculations (upcoming) to work. I might consider putting in "Mother/parent A" but there's little space for that label in the main "Family" tab right now, so I'd prefer some alternative like a drop down, which I will look into.
And the DB does generate a unique ID for the Sims behind the scenes. This is why you can rename the Sims and things still work. However, I prefer that the ID not be needed or seen in data entry, which is why it relies on unique names in selecting Sims for parents, children, and spouses. You can simply place any one additional letter or number anywhere in the first or last name to make it unique. For example, "Ivy Copur", "Ivy A. Copur" or "Ivy Copur 2", etc. If I get a lot of feedback that people really want to have duplicate names I'll consider it but it's not a trivial change.
NaelisSim:
I adore this! Thank you so much. I'd love if there was some way to track familiar relationships and for the married/joined partner to be called "spouse" instead of husband or wife, both of which have been mentioned. I've been using this for a few days already and very, very nice.
NaelisSim
Pegasys:
Quote from: NaelisSim on 2005 November 07, 03:23:36
I adore this! Thank you so much. I'd love if there was some way to track familiar relationships and for the married/joined partner to be called "spouse" instead of husband or wife, both of which have been mentioned. I've been using this for a few days already and very, very nice.
NaelisSim
You're welcome! Yes there will be a way to track familiar relationships; definitely in the upcoming release. Soon! (I am alternately having a blast and getting really tired of this database at the same time...)
Actually the terms "husband" and "wife" are not used in the DB but "mother" and "father" are, which is what you're probably wondering about?
NaelisSim:
Mother and father is probably it. Sorry. Oh, now of course I finally remembered the thing that hit me as maybe could be different: I have a 'hood full of siblings so I have three Walsh households. I also have a woman's father living with her, her husband and their kids, and her father's last name is different from theirs, but they are still the same household. All the Walsh households show up as one household and Ralph Albertini shows up in his own household. Since I set up my hood with addresses, including a field for that as a way of sorting (I've seen where the address is on the tabs) could help with the multiple last names being seperate households. I think I can fix Ralph's category, but I'll have to test that out later. Again, I'm still loving this. So much easier than the way I have been doing it. Yes, I am anal and I do know it.
NaelisSim
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