[Babase] Re: Bstatus Zero vs. Blank

Jeanne Altmann babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:29:59 -0400


Thanks,
I think we will be able to deal with most quickly without that solution, 
but we have the 'something else' option as a backup if needed,
j

At 10:41 AM 4/18/2005, you wrote:

>On 04/16/2005 11:45:36 AM, Jeanne Altmann wrote:
>
>>2.  I will look at the other periods that Catherine identifies and
>>consider how best to handle any births during those periods with the
>>existing coding (they will be 0 or 1), either by scoring or come back
>>with at least a suggestion to solve the immediate need some other way.
>
>Recall, the immediate need is that blanks are "the same" as zeros,
>and will be converted to zeros in the new db.  So the problem is
>that we will no longer be able to tell the difference between
>those presently coded as blank and those coded as zero.
>
>A temporary solution would be to code the blanks as something else
>and have "2 kinds of zero bstatus."  Can't say this would be
>the best approach but wanted to mention it.
>
>Karl <kop@meme.com>
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