Right I've read the rules and even added boxset profiles in the past but I am wondering if I have this right. Here's an example.

Let's say a buy a Movie "boxset", which is a dvd case with say 3 discs inside, each of these referring to various movies eg: sequel 1, sequel 2, sequel 3. Now to add this I follow the rules and add the boxset as a profile and also have 3 child profiles, one for each of the movies (sequel 1 etc). So I grab the discs one by one and insert them into the computer to search by disc id. A match comes up for the disc id!

So what exactly is one supposed to do here? Do you use that match for the child profile or are you supposed to treat the thing as unique and enter it from scratch? Obviously the easiest way is to add these existing entries as profiles and mark them as children for the boxset - well it is the right movie isn't it.
But this can also cause problems, as the profile used by the disc id might be an edition that originaly had 2 discs (movie + bonus materials), yet my boxset only has 1 disc for this movie - the main feature.

The database seems to be a mix of methods on boxsets. Should all boxsets have independent entries for their child profiles/discs or are we supposed to be limiting the number of times a disc id shows up in the db?

Quoting TheMadMartian:

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As far as I know, just like UPCs, a disc ID can only be in the database once per region

Once per locality.

Ok, totally confused and sorry but, didn't really understand your reply.

Let me give an example, a boxset I think I must have screwed up and hopefully you can tell me where I am going wrong. Terminator Quadrilogy upc 9317731073861 (the four Terminator movies). I assumed the correct way to add this boxset was to create a profile for the boxset and then add child profiles to it. To achieve the child profiles I thought I was supposed to use each disc itself, insert that and look it up in the database using disc id. Well thats what I did anyway. Problem is, the disk id for Termnator 2 - Judgement Day shows up with 2 listings (one Australia, one NZ), thats fine, they both have the same upc 5050582084474. I assumed I would just add this profile and then make it a child of the boxset. Well that's what I did, but looking at it now, I must be wrong because that profile for Terminator 2 list 2 discs, the main feature plus bonus materials disc.. I only got the one disc.

So have I done this wrong? Am I supposed to make a new profile for the disc id for Terminator 2? But then, wouldn't this be against the idea of the disc id only appearing once in the database? As I said.. confused..

And then try something like inserting the disc for Terminator 4 - Salvation, there's like 7 different ones that popup that match that disc id. Am I supposed to use one of them (and which do I choose) or create a new entry just based on the disc id?

Ahh ok, that makes sense. So for boxsets, when I search by disc id if I don't get a matching result (ignore UPC profiles that appear) then I create a disc id profile and submit it as well as submitting the boxset profile? (Well submit all the disc id profiles that make up/are childs of the boxset plus the boxset profile that lists the child profiles).

Just one further question here. Do I give these disc id profiles cover images, and would that cover image be the same as the boxset cover image?

Right.. I got some boxsets to fix then 

It's not very obvious within DvdProfiler itself to do it this way, it kinda gives one the impression that if you search by disc id and get a result, you should use that result (or one of them if there are mutiple). Doesn't really say to ignore UPC entries if compiling a boxset, anywhere that I saw.

Thanks

Quoting Parsec:

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Doesn't really say to ignore UPC entries if compiling a boxset, anywhere that I saw.

Since a box set can consist of both UPC profiles and Disc ID profiles, it would be unwise to ignore them.

Yes... I have seen this a few times myself. Not nearly as often though. In my experience it is a rare thing.

Only when the inner cases has their own UPC Numbers.