[Babase] Partial query results

Catherine Markham babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:39:49 -0400


Hi Karl,

I'm still working through the MEMBERS comparison - things are going well 
and I'm up to the O's.  In the checking of old and new MEMBERS tables 
that goes along with all this, I've noticed a funny quirk a couple 
times.  When I run a query in the new system, I have had the table stop 
"processing" without completing all the rows.  This is very rare - I've 
only noticed it happening maybe 4 or 5 times.  When it does happen, it 
is pretty obvious because usually I'm checking out the death dates 
(which aren't loaded because of the cutoff) and there is no total of 
table rows or time executed listed at the bottom of the webpage.  Just 
the same, it seems like a potentially dangerous quirk - if the table was 
thought to be completed and exported, it would be short a lot of data. 
I played just a little to see I was doing something funky to cause this 
- can't figure anything out, though.  And the table "load" line does 
indicate that the page is "done" - in other words, the computer doesn't 
seem to be momentarily thinking before completely the additional rows.

Not sure if I explained that well, or if it really is an issue to worry 
about.  Just thought I'd mention it.

Catherine