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Author Content TucsonJen Tucson, AZ (Zone 9a) February 20, 2005 12:13 PM Post #1298844 I noticed that while most every plant I enter in my journal automatically links to it's "Detailed Page" here at Dave's, my entry for Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida) does not. Why is that? I double checked my spelling. Terry Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) February 22, 2005 8:48 AM Post #1302026 Jen, I think it's probably because we have two cultivars listed in PlantFiles - 'Purple Heart' and 'Purewell Giant': [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] Your journal entry doesn't indicate the cultivar, so the system can't match it to either PF entry. TucsonJen Tucson, AZ (Zone 9a) February 22, 2005 10:08 AM Post #1302153 That fixed it, thanks!! Terry Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) February 22, 2005 10:26 AM Post #1302171 Glad I could help ;o) TucsonJen Tucson, AZ (Zone 9a) March 7, 2005 10:17 AM Post #1324678 OK, I've got another one... [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] This Echinopsis does not list a species name. The cultivar is 'Epic.' So why won't my journal page give a link? Terry Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) March 7, 2005 10:26 AM Post #1324698 Do you have the cultivar name (Epic) listed in your journal, or is it listed as the common name? (I can't tell from the "external view" I have.) TucsonJen Tucson, AZ (Zone 9a) March 7, 2005 11:12 AM Post #1324754 I have it as both the common name and as the cultivar. The journal page with the list of plants: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] Terry Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) March 7, 2005 11:17 AM Post #1324764 Hmmm. I know this has been kind of a buggy area for matching. I hope at some point Dave can set the logic to something like: 1) If Genus and species fields match and cultivar is blank, match to PF entry for same; 2) If Genus and cultivar match (and species is blank), match to PF entry for same; 3) If Genus, species and cultivar match, match to PF entry for same. I think that would take the ambiguity out of the matching process, but then again, there may be some scenarios I haven't thought of ;o) TucsonJen Tucson, AZ (Zone 9a) March 7, 2005 11:33 AM Post #1324792 Thanks, Terry. I thought it was another error of mine. :p langbr Olathe, KS (Zone 6a) March 23, 2005 3:25 PM Post #1357360 I think right now the logic is that if you show a Cultivar in your Journal that you must match the Genus and species names to get a link. I don't get a link to any of my Hemerocallis entries because the PF entries have no species listed. So even though I've matched exactly what is in the PF (Genus & Cultivar) I still don't get the link because a species match is required if you have a cultivar name listed. I agree that Terry's proposed "hit" logic is the way to go whenever this ToDo gets up on Dave's active list of projects.

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