I have a question for anyone who remembers the very early
versions of Past Perfect. Several
years ago my predecessor purchased an older version of Past Perfect and began
entering items as they came in.
Since I have been here I began a project with volunteers entering older
objects. The museum uses a simple
numbering system (1, 2, 3,4,…9900, 9901, 9902,…10001, 10002, ect.)
The problem I have run into is that the former curator started entering objects
in around #9700 and now that my volunteer is up to #97 Past Perfect will not
accept it. Instead it says #97
exists already. This also happens
for #’s 98, 99, and 101. I do
not know why it will take 100. I
have thoroughly searched the object ID’s in the system and these numbers
do not exist.
Does anyone know how I can get around this or, if I even
can. I tried calling tech support
but my budget cannot afford the fees for their phone support.
Any help you can offer is appreciated.
Becca Hiller
Curator/Archivist