Are we talking Local or Online?

Either way if you really want to wipe your DB, just create a New Default DB at your end (local) and if you want to wipe your online upload a blank local to the online.

Steve

If you are going to wipe them all out, then it should be better to start of with a new database...
top menu --> File - Open Database - New database.

Or if you want to wipe out nearly all your profiles, use tags and then go to top menu --> Collection - Flagged - Remove from collection

EDIT:  snarbo types faster... 

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Quoting Purple Pixie:

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I am a complete mess EVERYWHERE! 

Comes from playing too much "Second Life" online 

Steve

Haha!  I know!  I have an addictive personality I can't help it.  My Second Life is so much better than my First one! 

Quoting widescreenforever:

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I have a relatively small collection ( under 700 titles) and yet I am constantly updating, improving, removing, deleting, adding to, and on the lookout for Invelos updates every day, .  And If I miss a day,, that only means extra hours  on my days off to catch up..

I don't know how these others on the boards here that have ten times more DVD's than I do how they ever manage.. maybe we should ask their wives., or husbands .   

Missing a day!?  I'm a couple years behind!  Ohhhhh god what kind of hell am I in for!?

Quoting TheDarkKnight:

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Maybe you want to invest $12 in a Cue Cat barcode scanner. I just picked one up on Amazon Marketplace and it works fine on my Desktop but it doesn't like my laptop. It's a modified USB version.

Dirk

Oooo..  There's a good idea.  I considered getting one when I was heavy in to my collection before but decided against it.  It may come in very handy now though thanks!  :-)

Another idea: Use the BulkEdit or UPC Import plugin to get a jump start. All you need is a simple list of either UPCs or Profile IDs (better if you have lots on non-US localities). Crank up your cuecat and just create the list in a text file.

Then run one of those plugins and, in a matter of minutes, you will have a set of profiles that are just a "refresh" away from being complete. Depending on the speed of your connection, you could have a brand new database in just a few hours.

Then, rest for a day, then start entering the personal info. You might be able to use BulkEdit to even automate some of that, but not all.

Good luck.

Obviously, as you add in DVDs, be systematic.  Don't just pick one up from here, one from over there.  Go through in a linear fashion as they appear on the shelf/in the pile.  Work in blocks.  You don't have to get it all in there in one go.  By doing things in a linear fashion you can return to where you left off and be sure you've not missed anything.  This is the approach I've intended to keep to with my books, though I sometimes break the rules because I spot a recurring author.

The best trick beyond this that I've found is that anything new goes in instantly.  That way you don't fall behind.  The worst thing that can happen is that you stay where you are.  Try to stick to just getting the profiles in.  Don't worry about checking accuracy, just get them in.  Perhaps set up a tag system to mark those profiles that you want to edit later.  For stuff that's not in the db already, just put in the bare minimum (UPC, title, locality) and tag it.  If you upload there's a chance someone will fill that info in for you while you enter the rest of the stuff, and if not, you can go back to it later.

I hope there's at least one tip in the above that you find useful.
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That reminds me, I had better sort mine out too 

Oh well, only a year of DVD's to sort   

Just have to wait till this holiday in Hong Kong is over..... 

How is your trip going honeypie?  Tell me, when you are out and about, and you are the tallest person around do you get the urge to go "RAAAAWWRRRR I'm Godzilla!!!!!!"?