Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-14 Thread Pascal Georges
2009/10/13 Dale Hards > >I repeated the process for the 5 PGN files without any problem. The only > >issue issue that could appear is a RAM shortage (I have 2 GB, and the > >resulting base eats 700 MB). > > > >Pascal > > Fair enough. I couldn't reproduce it again earlier either. I might give it >

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-13 Thread Dale Hards
>I repeated the process for the 5 PGN files without any problem. The only >issue issue that could appear is a RAM shortage (I have 2 GB, and the >resulting base eats 700 MB). > >Pascal Fair enough. I couldn't reproduce it again earlier either. I might give it a last try this weekend, just in case

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-10 Thread Pascal Georges
I repeated the process for the 5 PGN files without any problem. The only issue issue that could appear is a RAM shortage (I have 2 GB, and the resulting base eats 700 MB). Pascal 2009/10/10 Dale Hards > >Could you please detail the procedure to reproduce this ? What are exactly > >the bases you

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-10 Thread Dale Hards
>Could you please detail the procedure to reproduce this ? What are exactly >the bases you use, Scid's commands entered since its startup, etc. ? Even >some screenshots could help. I just tried opening up ICOFY PGN files and it >works for me. Running SCID 4.0 on Ubuntu 8.04 from source (make insta

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-09 Thread Ignacio Perez
;> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:57:51 -0500 >> From: Ignacio Perez >> Subject: Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases >> To: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Message-ID: >>         >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-88

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-08 Thread Pascal Georges
8, 2009 at 12:36 PM, > wrote: > >> Message: 3 >> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:13:04 +0100 >> From: Dale Hards >> Subject: Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases >> To: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Message-ID: >> >> Conte

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-08 Thread andrei raevsky
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:36 PM, wrote: > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:13:04 +0100 > From: Dale Hards > Subject: Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases > To: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; cha

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-08 Thread Pascal Georges
full ICOFY db. > > While I'm here I have to say this: SCID is a first-rate program, that I > love using. Good job guys! > > Thanks, > > Dale > > > > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:08:36 +0200 > From: Alexander Wagner > Sub

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-07 Thread Dale Hards
full ICOFY db. While I'm here I have to say this: SCID is a first-rate program, that I love using. Good job guys! Thanks, Dale Message: 2 Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:08:36 +0200 From: Alexander Wagner Subject: Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases To: andrei raevsky Cc:

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread andrei raevsky
I don't have my laptop with SCID4.0 with me, but I will re-try later today or tomorrow and let you know if that happens again. On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Alexander Wagner < a.wag...@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote: > andrei raevsky wrote: > > Hi! > > >> Another way is to use the Header se

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
andrei raevsky wrote: Hi! >> Another way is to use the Header search to find all games with both >> players above 2200 and then use the "Database switcher" function to >> copy the games in the filter to a new database. > I tried that, but for some reason SCID4.0 did not copy. I cr

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread andrei raevsky
rge.net > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:25 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Alexander Wagner < > a.wag...@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote: > >> >>> a) I have downloaded the hug

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Larry Crawford
scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Alexander Wagner wrote: a) I have downloaded the huge ICOfY database (http://sourceforge.net/projects/icofybase/) which now con

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread andrei raevsky
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Alexander Wagner < a.wag...@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote: > >> a) I have downloaded the huge ICOfY database ( >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/icofybase/) which now contains over 4 >> million games. I have combined the 5 subases (A through E) into one SCID4 >>

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
andrei raevsky wrote: Hi! > I have two questions about how to best use databases with SCID4.0: > > a) I have downloaded the huge ICOfY database > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/icofybase/) which now contains over 4 > million games. I have combined the 5 subases (A through E) into one > SCI

[Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread andrei raevsky
, with 700MB or RAM, and a 2,4GHz single processor, I will let you know if I have any problems with this database in the future. HTH, Andrei On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:07 AM, wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:57:51 -0500 > From: Ignacio Perez > Subject: Re: [Scid-user

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Pascal Georges
What is legal is not necessarily fair (and I doubt exporting comments from GM is legal). Even if games are completely cleaned from any added value by CB, I find it unfair to use someone's else work, when this work is what they are making their living with. Pascal 2009/10/6 andrei raevsky > Dear

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2009/10/6 Ignacio Perez > Hi Andrei, > > I've had problems with the ICOFY base. Worked OK on Scid 3.0 doesn't > work on 4.0. Let me know if you can use it witout Problems. > > Could you give details ? Pascal -- Come buil

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-05 Thread Ignacio Perez
Scid-users] couple of questions about databases To: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear friends, I have two questions about how to best use databases with SCID4.0: a) I have downloaded the huge ICOfY database ( http://sour

[Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-05 Thread andrei raevsky
Dear friends, I have two questions about how to best use databases with SCID4.0: a) I have downloaded the huge ICOfY database ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/icofybase/) which now contains over 4 million games. I have combined the 5 subases (A through E) into one SCID4 database. What I would