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Please change your password on first login

Posted by CJ Grady at 2006-05-19 11:00 AM

It is a good idea for you to change your password the first time you log in to the forums site. You can do this by selecting "My Preferences" from th ...

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Please read this first! (Announcement)

Posted by CJ Grady at 2005-04-01 12:15 PM

Welcome to the Specify Forum!

The Specify Forum is a place to ask questions, post helpful tips, or other comments related ...

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list of all fields in Specify

Posted by jRosales at 2008-05-05 02:17 PM

Is there a way to dump all of the fields in specify into a text file? ...

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PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS

Posted by John Pulgarin at 2008-02-17 02:01 PM

Hi Folks,
Does anybody know some collections that publish their information in the internet as http://www.nhm.ku.edu/fishes/ or http://webdbs.nhm.ku. ...

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Posted by John Pulgarin at 2008-03-02 12:11 PM

Thank you for your answer. Good information!!

John P. ...

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Microbiology collection

Posted by John Pulgarin at 2008-02-23 09:42 AM

Hello Folks,

Does anybody use Specify to manage a microbiology collection? Fungus, bacteria…
I am trying to implement Specify to handle all that ...

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Specify on Windows Vista Business

Posted by Leandro Melo de Sousa at 2007-11-02 02:45 PM

Hi all,
Does anyone run Specify in Windows Vista Business edition? Wich SQL Server are you using? (I tried SQL Server 2000 without success).

Best ...

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Posted by jean at 2007-11-20 12:11 PM

Leandro,
I just noticed that you had posted a message to the User Forum and no users have responded yet. Our System Requirements page, http://www.sp ...

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Get and import Taxonomy Authority Files

Posted by John Pulgarin at 2007-08-14 11:30 AM

Dear Folks

I would like to know how to get and import some Taxonomy Authority Files from any different place different to Specify forum, like ITIS. ...

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Posted by kcoggins at 2007-10-23 10:06 AM

John,

Here is a suggestion from an email Glenn sent out:

You will need to download and install the Taxonomic WorkBench (TWB) software from the I ...

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Specify 5.2.3 install

Posted by Paul Valentich-Scott at 2007-10-05 11:56 AM

We have just installed Specify 5.2.3 to 11 workstations and all seem to be working properly. Quick, easy, painless.

Enjoy!

Paul VS ...

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Query about DiGIR "enhancement"

Posted by Melissa Winans at 2007-07-23 06:01 PM

The list of enhancements for version 5.2 states that "Sites can now place Microsoft Access files containing query and text file Darwin Core mappings i ...

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Posted by kcoggins at 2007-07-24 01:20 PM

There is a missing chunk from the documentation below the line...

What should be added that if the DiGIR query does NOT get downloaded from our web ...

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WorkBench Data Set limited to 2000 records

Posted by Matt at 2007-07-16 07:32 AM

Hi there,

We have very large spreadsheets containing data at specimen level and want to start storing the data in a proper database. As spreadsheet ...

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Posted by kcoggins at 2007-07-16 03:26 PM

Hello Matt,

The main reason the limit is set to 2000 is that the entire record set is stored in memory. The limit may be re-visited, but likely to ...

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slowness in Specify/SQL

Posted by Mark Mayfield at 2007-06-28 11:21 AM

We run SQL Server 2000 on a dedicated SQL database server that is essentially brand new.
While most of the time, we are running pretty smoothly, ther ...

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Posted by kcoggins at 2007-07-02 01:21 PM

Increasing memory enables the tables to be stored in memory and thus increases speed. Also huge log files can cause speed problems. I have copied be ...

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5.2.1 install without problems

Posted by Paul Valentich-Scott at 2007-06-22 04:58 PM

Hi Folks -

No issues with the install of the new Specify 5.2.1. We have installed it on about 15 workstations (win 2k and win xp) without any probl ...

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Specify 5.2 - first impressions are good!

Posted by Paul Valentich-Scott at 2007-05-01 09:48 AM

Hi Folks -

We have been running Specify 5.2 for about 3 weeks now on 10 workstations. We are very impressed with this upgrade. From our perspective ...

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Specify web interface crashing with Windows 2003

Posted by CJ Grady at 2007-04-18 11:21 AM

The documentation says that if you are using Windows 2003 you should use Sun Application Server to avoid crashing. After further testing, it has been ...

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Posted by CJ Grady at 2007-04-30 03:39 PM

I went through the code and found a rogue database connection that was left open. Over time, this was causing a memory error and the Java Virtual Mac ...

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Download failures

Posted by CJ Grady at 2007-01-09 02:38 PM

I think that the MemoryError problem when downloading files has been fixed, at least for now. Please let me know if you encounter the error again. W ...

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5.2 web interface

Posted by Mark Mayfield at 2007-04-13 02:23 PM

Please point me to the instructions for redoing the web interface in 5.2 after upgrading. Can't seem to find the web setup instructions in the new hel ...

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Posted by Mark Mayfield at 2007-04-13 03:21 PM

In answer to my own question, see the installation and setup guide that may be accessed at

http://www.specifysoftware.org/Specify/specify/download ...

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Specify 5.2 install - no worries

Posted by Paul Valentich-Scott at 2007-04-11 11:00 AM

Hi Folks -

Just thought I would post our success on installing Specify 5.2. Yesterday I installed the new version on 10 workstations (win2k & winxp ...

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Specify in a Server and workstations accessing it

Posted by Leandro Melo de Sousa at 2006-09-25 09:28 AM

Hi there!
I am trying to use Specify as a server in a "computer A", and another in a workstation ("computer B" ) acting as a client.
I followed the ...

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Posted by Leandro Melo de Sousa at 2007-02-28 05:49 PM

Hi Grady,
After some time, I finally got it! Now Specify is accessed by several stations. I instaled it on a machine running "Windows 2000 Server" wi ...

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DiGIR portals

Posted by CJ Grady at 2006-12-21 01:23 PM

I am looking for suggestions for DiGIR portals to be supported with the Specify 5.2 release. It will be possible to support other DiGIR portals that ...

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Posted by CJ Grady at 2007-01-09 08:55 AM

Tim was able to force latitude and longitudes to be exported in decimal format. I am still not sure about dates. ...

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Specify crashing on one computer

Posted by Melissa Winans at 2006-11-07 11:45 AM

The problem: User enters logon information in the startup screen, clicks the OK button, and instead of opening the database gets a message box with t ...

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Posted by Melissa Winans at 2006-11-09 12:36 PM

That did the trick.

I sure would like to know why it was unregistered on only this one computer. One of life's little mysteries . . . ...

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