Hello,

Still loving the site, discovering it has started me spotting and the r a 15 year break. I have now entered over 14000 sightings.

I was wondering if there is any way I can protect my data in the event of the website closing down or something like that, just in case, as I have entered some sightings directly into the site.

Regards Simon

Hi,

Good point Simon, I am in the same position and being able to back up my sightings from the DB would provide a bit of security in case there were an issue with the website in the future.

Steve

Add me to the list of folks looking for a backup

Regards, John

Same thing, if we could download an excel sheet just in case.

I absolutely agree with you guys.

I would appreciate a possibility to print out all my REGs entered after every year is finished !

As a general overview and as well as a backup !!!

Pls advise if possible

Thx

Happy landings Jens

From the point of view of a (hesitant) new user, I am wondering the same thing. Why should I begin to enter my sightings here with no potential for backup when there is a chance that the site will disappear some day, or just suffer a data loss? Where would my records be then?

Mike

Hi everyone,

It's possible to create your own back-up files if you are familiar with spreadsheets. In my case that means using an Excel Workbook on my PC. It's then a case of highlighting the data from 'My Sightings' (that which appears beneath the sortable headings - max 100 entries at a time), and then doing a simple copy & paste into the workbook (match destination formatting in Excel). Once in place the data is sortable by column (tip - delete column F, which is blank).

Hope this is of help to someone.

Rob

Way to go Rob, great idea. That will keep us busy for the winter.
Many thanks,
Greg