Deleting songs from Singer's Database

[ddouglass]

I don't think the default is sorted at all. It is just in the order they were entered. Problem in sorting would be you want it sorted by title and somebody else would want it sorted by artist.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

I don't think the default is sorted at all. It is just in the order they were entered. Problem in sorting would be you want it sorted by title and somebody else would want it sorted by artist.

Although I can't imagine too many singers singing a whole bunch of songs from a whole bunch of artists. Title would be best. I have meny come to me and say "Show me what I've sung". No one has ever said "Show me who I have sung by".

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by bryant

Although I can't imagine too many singers singing a whole bunch of songs from a whole bunch of artists. Title would be best. I have meny come to me and say "Show me what I've sung". No one has ever said "Show me who I have sung by".

All I was saying was by not setting a default then it is left to you to choose which way you want to look at it as everyone is going to want something different. You can sort by title, artist and even by last date sung, but the choice needs to be left to the individual.

[marklwood]

I kinda like the date sort. I encourage them to sing something they haven't sung in a while.

In this same vein as the original poster, I made a big oops the other night. I was trying to trim down the singers database. I listed all the singers and then sorted by # of entries. I highlighted all the ones that had 0 (zero) songs and hit delete. What in fact happened is I deleted A-R. Not what I had highlighted.

Luckily, I had a backup for just such an emergency

[bryant]

Originally Posted by marklwood

I kinda like the date sort. I encourage them to sing something they haven't sung in a while.

In this same vein as the original poster, I made a big oops the other night. I was trying to trim down the singers database. I listed all the singers and then sorted by # of entries. I highlighted all the ones that had 0 (zero) songs and hit delete. What in fact happened is I deleted A-R. Not what I had highlighted.

Luckily, I had a backup for just such an emergency

That's scary.

[Joe Nieves]

Originally Posted by bryant

That's scary.

Yah Mon it is

It happen to me last year loss a-lot of info and reported my findings,
Hopefully it will be fixed for 4.10

A short Venue list could have made it more easily noticable.


Joe...

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by Joe Nieves

A short Venue list could have made it more easily noticable.


Joe...

he...he..he..

[bryant]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

All I was saying was by not setting a default then it is left to you to choose which way you want to look at it as everyone is going to want something different. You can sort by title, artist and even by last date sung, but the choice needs to be left to the individual.

Oh. Then maybe it could default to title at first opening then choose by clicking a column after that if another is a preference at the time.