Question renumbering gedcom

I am looking for a way to renumber my single gedcom file. The renumber option in the control panel doesn't work for me, because I've one tree.
My gedcom file has many groups of ID's and single ID's. I want to have ascending numbers from 1 to as many people, families, sources, etc.

Which program can do such for me?

Best regards,

Marianne

I can’t tell you how to do this, but why do you need to renumber the XREF numbers?

I have installed the module for original names (I for individuals, S for sources, etc.). I want to reorder these collections for a better administration.

I think you'll like the Renumber function of webtrees 1.7.
Install it on your own PC under XAMPP. Import the GEDCOM, renumber & export.
I have not tried it myself, so I cannot guarantee it will start renumbering at one.

But the XREFs are meaningless indeed, and renumbering is a bit pointless.
If from the beginning you not knew any better than each record got a random XREF of 10 letters, then you would not have the urge to fill all gaps again and stick to I123 & F78.

1 - create a new/temporary tree
2 - export your main tree, and import it into the temporary tree.

Now, every record in your main tree has a record with the same XREF in the temporary tree

3 - Control panel -> Family trees -> You main tree -> Renumber
4 - Delete the temporary tree

fisharebest wrote: 1 - create a new/temporary tree
2 - export your main tree, and import it into the temporary tree.

Now, every record in your main tree has a record with the same XREF in the temporary tree

3 - Control panel -> Family trees -> You main tree -> Renumber
4 - Delete the temporary tree

Hi Greg,

only for my understanding: Why are steps 2 and 4 necessary? Only for backup if something is going wrong?

Best regards
Peter

The renumber function will only renumber an XREF if it also exists in another tree.

It was created so that you can easily merge two trees.

I think these steps are clear.
But when running these steps, after 3. I get an error:
Service Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

I think I can set one or more PHP option in my hosting's control panel. But which option(s)?

This is most likely cauesd by a timeout.

You have asked webtrees to do a time-consuming task.

webtrees can detect PHP time limits, and do something sensible.
In this case, it will save the changes it made - and tell you to run the process again, to complete the rest of the task.

But webtrees cannot detect the apache time limit.

So, you need to make sure the PHP time limit is less than the apache time limit.

Apache limits are typically 30 or 60 seconds.
So set the PHP max execution time to 25 or 55 seconds.

Hi Greg,

fisharebest wrote: webtrees can detect PHP time limits, and do something sensible.
In this case, it will save the changes it made - and tell you to run the process again, to complete the rest of the task.

Does this intelligent behavior of webtrees also work for other time-consuming functions like Relationships?

fisharebest wrote: So, you need to make sure the PHP time limit is less than the apache time limit.

Apache limits are typically 30 or 60 seconds.
So set the PHP max execution time to 25 or 55 seconds.

I think this important hint should be documented in the installation description and/or displayed as a hint during the installation process.

Best regards
Peter

> Does this intelligent behavior of webtrees also work for other time-consuming functions like Relationships?

No, it only applies to tasks that can be broken down into lots of smaller independent tasks.

e.g. data-fixes

The idea was to interrupt the process just before the PHP time expires, cache the previous result and start the next time slice with a "Continue" button. Would this be feasible from a technical point of view?

I've set the max_execution_time to 55.
When I click the renumber button, the process stops after these time and the number of records is less than before. So I repeat this function a few times.
After a few times webtrees replies with an error: and some more lines.

What is the best way to help?

Regards,
Marianne

It is renumbering I129930 to I41386

I41386 isn't currently used, so is available for re-use.

But it I guess that it previously existed, so there is a "hit counter" entry for it.

This is puzzling, as the algorithm to choose a new XREF only increases. After it has generated I129930, the next number should be higher than that.

It shouldn't generate a lower number, such as I41386.

Delete the entry for I41386 from the table wt_hit_counter, and try again...

Hi,

I know that almost 4 years have gone by but I've just discovered your message.

I have developed and made available free of charge to genealogists a utility that does exactly what you asked for: renumber individuals, families, sources... in the format of your choice from a GEDCOM file exported from your application.

You can download it for free here: geneasofts.com/en/download/gedcomrenumber-en/

Best regards.

derieppe wrote:

You can download it for free here: geneasofts.com/en/download/gedcomrenumber-en/

 

That looks very promising, but I can't manage to download it.

First I could not create an account (because of a 403 Access Forbidden error). I reported that in another browser using the contact form.

Then I added the product to the shopping cart in that other browser, but when I want to download it I get the following message:

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If you believe you should be able to perform this request, please let us know.

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I can't then report this via the contact form, because sending it hangs indefinitely. All in all, a very frustrating process.
 

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These numbers are useless for visitors, why should I rename them?

I always wonder when I see sites, displaying these.