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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | Forgive me for being stupid, but is their any real need for parsing? Would it not make everything easier if it was just one field for the full name? This is an honest question as I have a feeling I'm missing something totally  |
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,878 |
| | Posted: | | | | The argument for parsing relates to sorting actors. Without parsing you would not be able to sort actors by last name. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | I knew it was something simple I was missing. Duh. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | This has been asked before and, if memory serves, has always been shot down because going to a single field would cause us to lose the 'sort by last name' ability. Ken seems to agree that it is an important feature.
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Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting samuelrichardscott: Quote:
I knew it was something simple I was missing. Duh. That says all too much. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Woola: Quote:
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I knew it was something simple I was missing. Duh.
That says all too much.
Skip Jesus Christ. I wish I had what you had on owners to be able to consistently troll with no fear of repercussion.  | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Woola: Quote:
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I knew it was something simple I was missing. Duh.
That says all too much.
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | For gods sake Ken. If I had your phone number I would phone you and ask you to lock immediately. |
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | You know. I'm editing and removing this post. I'm a better person than Skip and not only because I'm English | | | | Last edited: by samuelrichardscott |
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Woola: Quote:
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I knew it was something simple I was missing. Duh.
That says all too much.
Skip Yet I can differentiate between deleted scenes and outtakes.  |
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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 8,723 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting samuelrichardscott: Quote:
Forgive me for being stupid, but is their any real need for parsing? No. Quote:
Would it not make everything easier if it was just one field for the full name? Yes. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 863 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Danae Cassandra: Quote:
The argument for parsing relates to sorting actors. Without parsing you would not be able to sort actors by last name. Which is something i don't understand, at least why anyone wants/needs this. Do people really go through the actors list in profiler. Dont you just type in the actor you need (because of interest of for profiling purposes) and than you find him, regardless of parsing/sorting issues? I asked this before but never really got an answer from anyone. Paul |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting samuelrichardscott: Quote:
You know. I'm editing and removing this post. I'm a better person than Skip and not only because I'm English Who lives in Scotland. |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
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Forgive me for being stupid, but is their any real need for parsing?
Yes.
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Would it not make everything easier if it was just one field for the full name?
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| T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,723 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting paulb_99: Quote:
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The argument for parsing relates to sorting actors. Without parsing you would not be able to sort actors by last name.
Which is something i don't understand, at least why anyone wants/needs this. Do people really go through the actors list in profiler. Dont you just type in the actor you need (because of interest of for profiling purposes) and than you find him, regardless of parsing/sorting issues?
I asked this before but never really got an answer from anyone. That'll be because there is no good answer. Parsing really only has brought us pointless multiple, non-linking entries for virtually EVERY name in the database consisting of more than two parts. It's sole purposes seem to be: (a) to break linking, and (b) to cause endless debates over what is the "correct" parsing of any given individual (fine example here). And there's no sign of improvement: the fact that several years (!) after the initial discussion there are still plenty of H/B/C entries in the database shows as much. And that's about the one name of which we've all actually agreed on the parsing....  | | | | Last edited: by T!M |
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | Personally I would never have a reason to use the parsings. | | | | Last edited: by samuelrichardscott |
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