[Fwd: Re: [Babase] Updating RNKTYPES.Query]

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Mon Nov 6 16:22:13 EST 2006


I don't mind making the changes as needed, but I only have a vague clue 
about what this entails.  I'm really trying to keep up with everything, 
but I haven't given RANKER a thought since our conference call several 
weeks ago.  I'm struggling to figure out how to change data in all the 
various tables that feed into the repro stuff.  I guess I'm also 
confused why I would be manually changing something that I thought they 
were trying to program.  It sounds like I'm manually running the RANKER 
program with some select statements, so are they writing the same 
program and wouldn't they want to know how its manually run as well?

I assume Karl can walk me thorough this and then it will just be a 
matter of repeating the procedure as needed?  I can certainly run a set 
protocol.  But I'll probably not much good beyond that right now.


Tabby

Susan Alberts wrote:
> I think it makes sense for Tabby to take on this responsibility if she 
> has the flexibility in her schedule to do this. Because it is 
> something that needs to be done repeatedly (at least for a while) to 
> keep things current, it makes sense for her to do it. Tabby, what do 
> you think? This will need to be done soon in order for Jun and Tyler 
> to continue working on ranker.
>
> S
>
> On Nov 5, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
>>
>> On 11/05/2006 08:53:58 AM, Leah Gerber wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting "Karl O. Pinc" <kop at meme.com>:
>>>> Tabby (?),
>>>> Do we have a procedure in place to update the RNKTYPES
>>>> table with the appropriate queries for selecting
>>>> the individuals to be ranked?  We talked about making
>>>> the changes, but they've not been made.  Or maybe they
>>>> were made, but got overridden when we did another
>>>> conversion.  (That'd be my bet.)
>>
>>
>>> I certainly did not get to this. It was on my list of things to 
>>> figure out. I
>>> can still do it if Tabby is too busy. I will need some more info 
>>> though. I am
>>> still  unclear about exactly what is needed. Karl or Susan can let 
>>> me know if
>>> this is something I should take care of. I could do it this weekend.
>>
>> This is one of those things that needs to be done each time we convert
>> from foxpro.  Or, really, the very last the we convert from foxpro
>> plus whenever we make a database for Jun and Tylor to have
>> for their development of the ranker program.
>>
>> So, just doing it once probably won't help, although once it's
>> done we'll always want exactly the same data in the table.
>>
>> If we had to do it "lots" I'd write it into the conversion,
>> and I still can.  I wanted somebody besides me to do it though
>> just to spread the pain, I mean knowledge, around to
>> everybody in the project so I'm not the only person with
>> a clue about how to make new ranktypes.
>>
>> Karl <kop at meme.com>
>> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
>>
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