songbook from hoster

[bjswaim]

Yes, they should be listed the same in both the title and artist pages because both lists are taken from the song headers when you import or edit them the way you want. When you enter an artist name whatever you list before the comma is considered the last name and whatever you list after the comma is considered the first name. So, to have the name you used in your example to come out as "Frickie, Janie & Merle Haggard" you would enter it as you import or edit after you have imported as "Frickie, Janie & Merle Haggard." When you go to the tools menu and select to build your songbook it asks if you want the first name first or the last name first. You would choose last name first. Because the last name as it is listed above is "Frickie," which is before the comma, and the first name would be "Janie & Merle Haggard," which is after the comma. This should give you what you are looking for.

[Nitecat]

Thanks so much for the information. I guess I'll be making a ton of corrections to my database using the edit song feature. I don't know how else to fix them. I wish I had known this before importing 900 CDGs. Now that you have clarified things, I find in the Hoster Manual where it tells you how to enter the song and artist names for multiple artist names. It is exactly as you say EXCEPT I believe there is an error in one of their examples. They show one example as:

Andrews, Jessica & Sara Evans

I think this is incorrect based on the other examples and what you have told me. I read this section before importing and obviously figured I was OK to enter them this way because of this example. Doing it this way will now cause me a lot of work to fix the entries. Am I missing something here or is this example in the manual wrong??

ADMIN, could you check this in the manual and see if it needs to be corrected??

Thanks. Nitecat Karaoke

[Nitecat]

Admin, I'm still wanting to know if this is an error in the manual? It affected how I entered the multiple artists when importing and appears now that I will need to make a lot of corrections. I hope others avoid this problem. Thanks. Nitecat Karaoke

[Nitecat]

Hasn't anyone else had this problem with multiple artist names in their songbook song listing? Why can't I get an answer from the moderator or admin about whether there is an error in the example in the manual? Is there something special I need to do to get an answer from them on my post? Does anyone have a suggestion about an easier way for me to fix this other than using edit song for each song?? Thanks. Nitecat Karaoke