[Babase] 0 to 1 sexskin size will be changed to 1

Karl O. Pinc kop at meme.com
Mon May 12 16:33:32 EDT 2008


On 05/12/2008 02:49:32 PM, kfenn wrote:
> A general note of interest for babase users with a specific question  
> for Karl.
> 
> The swelling size data for females has 276 records where the team  
> recorded a 0-1 swelling size.  These data were input into a  
> spreadsheet as 0.5, but the data type for this column in Babase 2.0  
> is integer...which means that I can't upload these decimal values  
> from the spreadsheet to Babase 2.0.
> Per a discussion with Jeanne, I will change all these data from 0.5  
> to 1 in the spreadsheet so they can be uploaded.  We considered  
> documenting this change on the sexskin sheets, as we do for most  
> changes, but since there are 276 records that need changing, it seems  
> easier just to include this in the sexskin documentation.
> Karl, does this make sense, and can you make the appropriate changes  
> to the technical documentation?  Can you think of other places where  
> I should note this change?

We could make the datatype have 1 decimal digit to the right of the
decimal point, and have rules that allow it to only be .5 and only
when the value is between 0 and 1.  So, allowed values would be
0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, ...  Not a complicated change.

Short of that ok, whatever you want to do with the data.

I will document it, but you'll have to tell me what to write,
what time period the data covers, etc.

I'd prefer not to have this documented in the technical manual
because I see it as something describing the capabilities of
the system and not the data.  (It should _already_ document
that the value must be an integer.)  And because it, effectively,
means I've got to make the changes there.  You could document
it in the procedure manual you keep, in case such changes
need to be made in the future, or in the logs of your data
changes.  (As usual, I'll recommend such things be kept on
the wiki.)

Karl <kop at meme.com>
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