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icon5.gif   Moving entry (and replies) from one log book to another, posted by David Pilgram on Fri May 1 14:01:44 2009 
    icon2.gif   Re: Moving entry (and replies) from one log book to another, posted by David Pilgram on Thu Jun 4 15:21:23 2009 
    icon2.gif   Re: Moving entry (and replies) from one log book to another, posted by Stefan Ritt on Fri Jun 5 11:29:43 2009 
       icon14.gif   Re: Moving entry (and replies) from one log book to another, posted by David Pilgram on Fri Jun 5 12:02:45 2009 
Message ID: 66379     Entry time: Fri Jun 5 11:29:43 2009     In reply to: 66340     Reply to this: 66380
Icon: Reply  Author: Stefan Ritt  Author Email: stefan.ritt@psi.ch 
Category: Question  OS: Linux  ELOG Version: 2.7.6-2191 
Subject: Re: Moving entry (and replies) from one log book to another 
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> When Moving entry (and replies) from one log book to another, is it possible to prevent elog from renumbering
> the entries' ID number(s) ($@MID@$).  While it may not be good practice, we've referred to these numbers in
> cross-referencing, and it all goes wrong when an entry is moved from an "Open" thread to a "Closed" thread (cf
> your FAQ about marking of whole threads).
> 
> In the cases I'm thinking about, i.e. from main logbook to archive logbook(s), there would never be a clash of
> ID number.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David Pilgram.

I have implemented this feature in revision 2205. You need to set the new flag "Preserve IDs = 1" in the 
configuration. I have not tested this extensively, but I'm sure you will do it ;-)
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