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Combining two databases into one.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLJG
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With the new version, you can have custom categories. Right now, I'm keeping track of movies I've watched, but don't own in a separate database and would like to move it into my main one.  Not seeing a simple way of doing this and did try a google search, but nothing popped up with my search terms.  I have created the custom category, though, now just need to fill it.

Help, please! Thanks!
Lori
Invelos Software, Inc. RepresentativeKen Cole
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Create a backup of the second collection and restore it into the first, selecting a partial restore.  Make sure to select the Restore Specific Profiles option, then click Select All.
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Your added collection will go into "Owned" at first, so you may want to move your exisitng data into a custom category, if you don't want to mix them up.
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Okay, moved my main collection into a blank one so they're not mixed. But when restoring profiles, the only options I get are the ones in the main database, not the one I'm trying to open.

This is what I'm doing:

Restore database
Changing the specific location to the database I want to bring in/import.
Next button
At this point, the profiles are still all the original ones, not the ones I want to import.

I haven't gone further because it seems like I'm not doing something right...I can click restore specific profiles, but none of the profiles are from the other database.
Lori
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You'll need to back up the collection you want to import FROM to a specific file.  Then, open the database you want to import TO and select restore.  Select the backup file you just created.  Then, select to restore specific profiles.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLJG
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Maybe I'm tired, but this seems like what I'm already doing.

I have database A that I want to add database B to.  I have B backed up.  I go into database A and click on restore.  I'm selecting database B to restore but the profiles from B are not appearing to restore.
Lori
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Found out what I was doing wrong. I was doing the process right, but hadn't converted the second database to the new Profiler yet so it wasn't recognizing it somehow.  Once I converted the profiles to 3.6, went back and did the restore it worked fine. 

Thanks for the help.
Lori
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