[Babase] Checking dates against statdate

Susan Alberts babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:09:20 +0300


>Ok.  FYI.  I'm not allowing RANKDATES.Ranked to ever be before
>BIOGRAPH.Statdate.


Just to confirm, you mean you're not allowing ranked to ever be AFTER statdate?

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>I am checking point sample individuals and neighbors to be sure they are alive
>when sampled.  Partly because it's mostly easy and partly to guard
against erro when birthdates or deathdates get changed.

Thanks, this sounds like a simple but good check.

S

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