Name Split: Some dual names with embedded punctuation will not split correctly.
Ex. Karl M. Hanson M.D. & Laurie L. Gold. ( fixed in version 4.000 )
Name Split: Some dual name patterns do not get split correctly
Ex. ‘Mr. Lastname & Mrs. Lastname’ . ( fixed in version 4.000 )
Name Split:
In order to simplify the setup process, Personator automatically
applies the user default Output fields specified in Tools | User
Settings every time you create a setup. If these specified fields
exist in your database, they will get over-written during
processing, even when they are grayed out in the setup, because they
are still stored as part of the setup fields to be processed if you
don’t remove them (fixed in version 4.001).
Genderizer: If you already have a gender field, you must select ‘Override Existing Prefixes’, or Genderbase & Correction will not correct the misspelled name. (fixed in version 4.000 )
Genderizer:
The ‘Transform Suffixes’ option does not always work. It will
not convert a suffix if the default genderizing process returns a
different value. For example, ‘Mr. Smith MD’ returns ‘Dr. Smith MD’,
but ‘John Smith MD’ returns ‘Mr. Smith’
(fixed in version 4.001).
Address Split: Regional address patterns, where key words have different meanings than are currently coded as in the lookup table, may not split correctly.
Ex. “5765 E LOOP 281 S”
Address Split: If you create ‘Output Line 1’ and ‘Output Line 2’, the street address will get dropped if a PO Box is present, even if you use the default settings or custom settings – which should retain the street address.
( fixed in version 4.000 )
Address Split: ‘Output Line 3’ will never get populated.
( fixed in version 4.000 )
Address Split: Options: If you select ‘Convert Numbers to Ordinal Literals’, it will change ‘6 St’ to ‘Six St’, but changes ‘Main St’ to ‘ZERO Main St’. ( fixed in version 4.000 )
Address Split: Highway patterns like ’42 N State Highway 6 W’ do not split correctly. ( fixed in version 4.000 )
CityStateZip Split: records with embedded spaces separating zip5 – zip4 will not get zip code parsed correctly. ( fixed in version 4.000 )
Ex. “02066-1337” splits correctly “02066 – 1337” does not
CityStateZip Split: Processing Canadian records with the province ‘NF’ will not be changed to ‘NL’, the newer abbreviation, it is hard coded. ( fixed in version 4.000 )
Analyze: If you ‘user mark’ records in Tools | Browse ( ctrl+U ), then Analyze | Errors, the count will be 0, but you can browse, edit, and remove them. ( fixed in version 4.000 )
Tools: dBase functions padc, padl, and padr do not work. ( fixed in version 4.000 )
