[Babase] groups doc
Karl O. Pinc
kop at meme.com
Thu Feb 8 18:37:51 EST 2007
On 02/08/2007 05:26:26 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> On 02/07/2007 03:51:26 PM, kfenn wrote:
>> "From_group
>>
>> The Gid
>> <http://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system_html/ch03s01.html#Groups-Gid>
>> of the group from which this group split off. This column may be
>> NULL, depending on the value of the Permanent
>> <http://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system_html/ch03s01.html#Groups-Permanent>
>> column."
>>
>> *I don't intuitively understand how the Permanent column might
>> change the Gid value. Can it be briefly explained?*
> So, Permanent does not change the Temporary value, but it does
> constrain it.
I meant: Permanent does not change the Gid value, ...
Note: Once a group becomes a permanent group Babase
no longer cares which parent group the fission
product came from. People might, and the
From_group value can reflect this.
Karl <kop at meme.com>
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