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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 38 |
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| Registered: March 10, 2007 |  Posts: 524 |
| | Posted: | | | | This space is for indicating the birth year of the actor, in case there are 2 actors with the same name. Does that answer your question?
-Gerri | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 262 |
| | Posted: | | | | minimoke, I believe this is for when two Actors have the same name you can tell them apart (i.e. John Smith, b. 1973, John Smith b. 1965) It helps when using the cross linking feature so that both 'John Smiths' will not be under one another's names | | | | DVD Profiler user since October 1, 2004 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 262 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Gerri Cole: Quote:
This space is for indicating the birth year of the actor, in case there are 2 actors with the same name. Does that answer your question?
-Gerri Beat me by just a few seconds  | | | | DVD Profiler user since October 1, 2004 |
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| | Posted: | | | | It's important to note that when you enter a year into an actor's name, that does not link up to the actor's name without the year.
For instance, if you have Robert De Niro ([blank]) and Robert De Niro (1943), those are two different actors and they will not link up.
The new rule says: "It is generally not necessary to add birth year for actors as you add them to DVD Profiler. Use the birth year to differentiate between two actors with the same name."
It seems to me that we should refrain from using the year field unless there is a specific need to separate 2 actors. Otherwise, we'll need to enter years for every actor. If we do a mix, we defeat the linking feature. | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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| Registered: March 10, 2007 | | Posts: 4,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | When downloading a profile update that includes a birth year for a particular actor, if your database contains that actor by name but without the birth year, the existing record will be altered to include the birth year, so it will not break any links. | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ken Cole: Quote:
When downloading a profile update that includes a birth year for a particular actor, if your database contains that actor by name but without the birth year, the existing record will be altered to include the birth year, so it will not break any links. OK. Good to know. And if I have an actor in my local db with a birth year and download a profile without a birth year...what happens then? | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | OK, so I set up the Harrison Ford (1942) and the Harrison Ford (1884), and they work fine, except in the cast filter, no "born" date shows up for either of them. | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| Registered: March 10, 2007 | | Posts: 4,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote:
Quoting Ken Cole:
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When downloading a profile update that includes a birth year for a particular actor, if your database contains that actor by name but without the birth year, the existing record will be altered to include the birth year, so it will not break any links.
OK. Good to know. And if I have an actor in my local db with a birth year and download a profile without a birth year...what happens then? It will match them as well. However, if you have both (one with a year and one without), it will match up with the one without. | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ken Cole: Quote:
Quoting m.cellophane:
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Quoting Ken Cole:
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When downloading a profile update that includes a birth year for a particular actor, if your database contains that actor by name but without the birth year, the existing record will be altered to include the birth year, so it will not break any links.
OK. Good to know. And if I have an actor in my local db with a birth year and download a profile without a birth year...what happens then?
It will match them as well. However, if you have both (one with a year and one without), it will match up with the one without. Thank you. That sounds great!  | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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