[Babase] Re: next conversion
kfenn
kfenn at princeton.edu
Wed May 23 11:03:38 EDT 2007
Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> You only need the fake_cycgaps if there are CYCPOINTS after the
> birth. If data goes in "in timewise order", as it happens in
> real life, this is "automatically prevented".
> So, in a 6 month interval
> I'd only expect problems for births that occur early in the
> interval, where the female "has time" to resume cycling.
>
> If you update cycles month-by-month, as you would when updating the
> db under normal circumstances, you don't need fake cycgaps _ever_
> if you input births as you get to the birth month.
Thanks, Karl, That was helpful. Current procedure is to input all the
cycles first (6 months worth), then put in births (6 months worth).
Sounds like we need to adjust this in the new system to do an
alternating, month-by-month update of each. In most instances there
won't be a conflict, but in cases of an abortion, I imagine the 'birth'
would have to be registered in the system before it would allow a resume
cycle to be input.
Tabby
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