[Babase] babase schedule

Susan Alberts alberts at duke.edu
Sat Dec 17 14:13:06 EST 2005


HI all,

Karl and I just talked about the babase schedule for the next month, 
here is an update.

Karl is currently working on the sexual cycles tables. By Dec 30, he 
will have implemented the following tables:

Pregs, cycgaps. cycpoints, sexskins, repstats, cycstats, mdintervals 
and mmintervals.

During this time (between now and Dec 30) we (the rest of the team) 
should (a) make sure to read the sexual cycles tables documentation a 
last time and provide any final feedback, and (b) READ THE 
DOCUMENTATION FOR PARTS, INTERACT, AND THE PSION DATA. This is a new 
task for us and Karl will send us an email shortly when he is ready 
for us to go with this. We will get a copy to JA to read also.

Then he goes on holiday for a couple of days starting 31 Dec.

Between Jan 2 or 3 (when he gets back) and Jan 9 he will do the 
programming for parts, interact and the Psion data. We need to have 
finished commenting on the documentation for this by then.

The goal is to have the programming for parts, interact and psion 
data finished by Jan 9. This represents the last "big" chunk of 
conversionprogramming.

Beginning Jan 9 the plan is that Karl will come to Duke. Between then 
and Jan 23 he will do the last bits of conversion so that we can go 
live with the conversion on Dec 23, which is a MOnday. Karl will stay 
at Duke until that Friday, Jan 27, working with us as we use the new 
database and push it to see that it all works. He will also begin 
working on the prgrams for maintaining the database during the period.

With respect to the programs for maintaining the database, Karl 
pointed out that phppgadmin, the front end that we are using, has a 
built=in utility that allows the user to upload csv files into a 
database. The plan is that we will use this utility. Karl will need 
to write programs that parse the data in the csv files into their 
various database tables such as  parts and interact. He told me that 
this programming is, essentially, the same programming that is 
required for writing views, and so writing views has actual utility 
for maintaining the database as well as using it. The biggest hurdle 
for data entry/uploading is the ranker program.

He and I will talk again on Weds before I leave for Christmas (on Thurs).

Please email back with any comments, questions or concerns.

Susan
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