[Babase] sexskins questions
Susan Alberts
babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:44:38 +0300
OK with me, thnx.
Susan
>Karl and I have decided to not include sexskins in the conversion
>for now. We both sort of think that it's cleaner to keep them out,
>fix them someday, then put them into the database. Otherwise, we
>have messy, potentially confusing and unusable data mixed in with
>our good stuff.
>
>-steph
>
>--On Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:26 AM +0300 Susan Alberts
><alberts@duke.edu> wrote:
>
>>Hi Steph,
>>
>>On the sex skins, what we've discussed is that that table is not complete
>>and we should not make a strong attempt to integrate iit into the
>>database. Data have been entered covering two very different but rather
>>short periods, and we have used the sexskins table for two specific
>>purposes, neither of which we have felt much need to follow up on at this
>>time.
>>
>>So, I think we decided that errors and inconsistencies in the sexskins
>>table should be ignored -- in other words, i don't think any data
>>integrity checks should require that the sex skins table be consistent
>>with other tables. If I am remembering wrong and we didn't make this
>>decision, I'd like to put on the table that we decide now to not have
>>data integrity checks involve the sex skins table and that we live with
>>the consequences for now (which i think will be minimal).
>>
>>Thoughts? Maybe there is something that I ihaven't considered about this?
>>
>>Susan
>>
>>>hi all (but really Jeanne),
>>>
>>> I've got some cycles/sexskins issues that I need some help with.
>>>
>>>1) We're getting an error that says "sexskins dates overlap with
>>>following cycles mdate." Did we get rid of this rule? I think we
>>>should consider doing so if not. What seems to be happening is that
>>>the sexskins table does not differentiate between a sexskin score
>>>that is for a turgesence versus a deturgesence. So, in some cases,
>>>a score of 2 or 3 is really a d2 or d3, but the computer seems to
>>>want those to go with the next cid (which they shouldn't since they
>>>are really the tail end -no pun intended - of a cycle).
>>>
>>>2) Can anyone find me some data for Alto's in late 1976 and in
>>>1977?? My originals seem to stop in July 1976 and don't pick up
>>>again until 1980. It's making the checking of some cycles in late
>>>1976 and in 1977 rather difficult.
>>>
>>>3) we are getting a lot of errors from the sexskins table. it makes me
>>>sad.
>>>
>>>Jeanne - if we need to talk about this, let me know.
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>steph
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