[Babase] Conversion from Babase 1.0 to 2.0 Update

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Thu May 3 14:27:42 EDT 2007


Lacey Maryott wrote:
>    So, the tentative game plan is:
> 1. TRY to do the foxpro upload/conversion in Babase 1.0.
> 2. If the conversion errors are minimal, they will be fixed and the 
> move to 2.0 will proceed with the updated census.
> 3. If this generates a large amount of conversion errors, in the 
> interest of time, we will forego this update for now, and revert back 
> to the previous census table and move ahead with the conversion to 
> Babase 2.0.
> 4. I will then take up the task of converting the DBF files to XLS 
> files, and when that process is complete, we can us the new census 
> upload program for Babase 2.0 to in a sense "update" the census 
> information to include these data.
>
> Does anyone have any input on this process?  Sorry to be so verbose!
>
> Have a great day!
> Lacey
>
Just a clarification on #4.....
As Karl indicated via email yesterday, we are unlikely to be able to 
simply upload these files (which ultimately are uploaded from text docs) 
using the new upcen program because of the tighter data integration and 
error checking in the online system.  Right now there is no work around 
for uploading the older census data in question.  I showed Lacey how 
current census data will be input, but its not yet clear that this would 
be the recommended mechanism for the Duke files.  Reformatting the .dbf 
files may (or may not) end up being only a piece of the process.


Tabby

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