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xdiii
21st of October 2003 (Tue), 14:55
The automatic keyword generation function in T+ defined 5,065 keywords before I discovered the error in the preference setting(s).

It's very slow deleting them a few at a time using the File>Database>Edit Keywords ... option.

Is there a faster way?

H
TBonez
22nd of October 2003 (Wed), 05:55
xdiii, if you right click, you should have an option to remove keywords. All or select.

Hope this helps.

TBonez


Well you may have to "find by query" and then "select all", but it should work.
Roger_Cavanagh
22nd of October 2003 (Wed), 12:30
You could cheat, if you own MS Access and open the database directly in Access and then directly access the key word tables.

It's not too hard to work out what the different tables mean.

Regards,
xdiii
24th of October 2003 (Fri), 13:40
Using MS Access, I go to File>Database>Open in MS Access. Then under Objects, I select Tables, and then click on Keyword. And goodness gracious, there are all 5,065 keywords ... the ones that I want and the ones that I don't want.

Now here’s the question: is it as simple as selecting all of the unwanted rows (keywords) and performing a Delete Record?

H
xdiii
24th of October 2003 (Fri), 13:40
Using MS Access, I go to File>Database>Open in MS Access. Then under Objects, I select Tables, and then click on Keyword. And goodness gracious, there are all 5,065 keywords ... the ones that I want and the ones that I don't want.

Now here’s the question: is it as simple as selecting all of the unwanted rows (keywords) and performing a Delete Record?

H
Roger_Cavanagh
24th of October 2003 (Fri), 15:18
H,

OK, make a backup of the database first.

Do this at your own risk. :)

I reckon that you have to also remove records from the table "ThumbnailKeyword".

Keyword is just a record of the individual key words that you have defined. The link between a keyword and a thumbnail is held in ThumbnailKeyword.

So first you should remove these links, and then remove any keywords that you don't acutally want. If you are going to re-use the keywords, then just leave them in the Keyword table.

I don't see why this should not work, but as I said, take a copy of the database first.

Regards,