Accidentally Randomized Player Names

Shooty Babbit · 07-15-2014, 09:59 AM

Is there any way to go back to real names? Obviously the Lahman IDs are still associated with the players, so I was wondering if there was a way to switch all the players in the system back to their real names.

Déjà Bru · 07-15-2014, 10:20 AM

My gosh. I'm afraid my answer is just going to lead to more tears. There is no "Undo" function for that so, unless you have a backup (always, always back up your game before performing any major changes to settings), you have a lot of typing to do.

Look into exporting, editing, and re-importing your rosters which may save you some time. If you are familiar with Excel, you may be able to do some sort of lookup procedure (HLOOKUP or VLOOKUP functions, IIRC) linking your rosters to the original database files. Replace formulas with values before converting the rosters back into text files and re-importing them.

Shooty Babbit · 07-15-2014, 11:20 AM

Oh thanks, I might be able to pull that off!

07-15-2014, 09:59 AM	#1
Shooty Babbit Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 7	Accidentally Randomized Player Names Is there any way to go back to real names? Obviously the Lahman IDs are still associated with the players, so I was wondering if there was a way to switch all the players in the system back to their real names.

07-15-2014, 10:20 AM	#2
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United States Posts: 10,456	My gosh. I'm afraid my answer is just going to lead to more tears. There is no "Undo" function for that so, unless you have a backup (always, always back up your game before performing any major changes to settings), you have a lot of typing to do. Look into exporting, editing, and re-importing your rosters which may save you some time. If you are familiar with Excel, you may be able to do some sort of lookup procedure (HLOOKUP or VLOOKUP functions, IIRC) linking your rosters to the original database files. Replace formulas with values before converting the rosters back into text files and re-importing them. __________________ - Bru

07-15-2014, 11:20 AM	#3
Shooty Babbit Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 7	Oh thanks, I might be able to pull that off! Last edited by Shooty Babbit; 07-15-2014 at 11:29 AM.