[Babase] Merging JPSAMPS with FPSAMPS (and JPNEIGHBORS with FPNEIGHBORS)

Karl O. Pinc babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Sat, 9 Oct 2004 02:44:28 -0500


On 2004.10.09 00:46 Susan Alberts wrote:
> karl, I think this is a very good recommendation and i can't think of 
> any downside.. This is a bit difficult to call, as we have not 
> actually tried to pull much data out of these samples yet. however, I 
> think your proposal would work well and would be more streamlined 
> than we have. Others should advise though, as there will be other 
> perspectives.

Well that's good because I've gotten impatient and done it already.

We've less than 100,000 JPSAMPS, so I've added 100,000 to the FPSAMPS
and FPNEIGHBORS Fpid so the ids don't conflict when they're all
put into one table.  Does anybody care about the old ids at all?
I could add 1,000,000 to the FPSAMPS ids just to make the new id
the old id with a 1 on the left.

> 
> I think we should have a "type" field as you describe below.

I think so too.

> 
> Do you still have plans to come to Duke again soon? What are your 
> thoughts on this?

I feel like one of those boom and bust dieters.  When I go to duke
I get lots of babase done but nothing else, and then after the
binge have to do all the paperwork and other undone tasks here.
The plan is to go for 2 weeks on Oct 11th, but I'd like not to
go.  I think progress on babase is going ok.  I'm also scheduled
to go to Princeton Nov 8 through 18th and I think by then
I will need to go because they'll be enough done that I'll need
feedback from people using the programs.

At this point I'm kinda sorta done with the conversion, except
that I need to speed it up (again) so it will run in less
than a week.

Karl <kop@meme.com>
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