[Babase] Observers table - Karen Strier and Kerry Smith

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Wed Apr 8 13:41:56 EDT 2009


kfenn wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am updating the observers table so that I can upload the min_max 
> weather data.  There are two duplicate initials for Karen Strier (79) 
> and Kerry Smith (97) (this is based on the data file Jeanne and Susan 
> exchanged via email in January of 2008, plus some additional names 
> found in the min_max file).  I"m not sure what table these observer 
> initial may eventually appear in, but Babase doesn't allow duplicate 
> initials in the table.  For now, I will upload them as KAS (for KAren 
> Strier) and KES (for KErry Smith) to distinguish them.  I hate to just 
> exclude them and have the information languish in an old email.  
> However, if someone does eventually try to upload data with just 'KS' 
> initials, just be aware that you will get an error and have to adjust 
> either the data or the observer's table.
>
A quick amendment:
Jeanne found the real initials for the KSs and they will be uploaded as 
KBS (Karen) and KLS (Kerry), as long as Susan has no concerns.  This 
approach is deliberately engineered to throw an error if we try to 
upload data with just the KS initials, although this is most likely the 
initials that will appear in any raw data.  Jeanne thinks 90% of the 
time we will be dealing with Kerry Smith, but we can't be sure...dates 
are the only concrete way to check.  The goal is to make database 
managers stop and think about which KS they are dealing with, and then 
change the data accordingly in their file and make a note in the 
original data.
>
> Thanks,
> Tabby
>
>
>

-- 
Tabby Fenn
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Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Princeton University
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