[Babase] BaBase Members Table - 2 Questions

Catherine Markham babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:58:50 -0500


Karl,

Yeah, that's a good point.  Since the reinterp program is run only for 
one individual at a time, it might not have been run after a change to 
the biograph table.  I'll look into it a bit more and get back to the 
list.  Even if the records do disappear after the conversion, I'll feel 
better knowing how they got there.

Thanks for the quick reply,
Catherine



Karl O. Pinc wrote:

>
> On 03/25/2005 08:35:43 AM, Catherine Markham wrote:
>
>>
>> My second question deals with six records in Members table where  
>> there the date field is blank.  Since the origin is "I" and interp =  
>> 0 for these records as well, I thought perhaps they were cases in  
>> Biograph where the birth or death date was blank.  But no luck - all  
>> of these guys have birth dates entered and none have died.  Does  
>> anyone know how these records got pulled into the Members table?   
>> There are no blank dates in the Census table.  The six individuals  
>> are KRA, TAP, ORN, AMO, ISR, and APO.
>
>
> I was just talking with Susan....
>
> Are these the individuals which didn't have bithdates previously?
> Foxpro has no 'blank' date, it shows the "beginning of time" date
> as blank.  Individuals with no bithdate would get this date in
> the members table.  Look at the post-birth interpolated dates
> for these individuals to check.  (I forget when the beginning of
> time is for foxpro.)
>
> In the current system you must run the reinterp program whenever
> you manually change a bithdate, statdate(deathdate), or census
> date to reflect the change in MEMBERS.
>
> Karl <kop@meme.com>
> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
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>
>
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