[Babase] Group 99 - MORE

Jeanne Altmann babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Wed, 04 May 2005 12:55:00 -0400


Good point, and we had talked about doing a bit of spot checking even 
though she will keep a record of the changes.  So Catherine will do a bit 
of checking now, but the current thought is to leave 99 on a 'to do' list, 
not do much more now, and return to it after the conversion.

One thought:  are some of the 99's for periods and males for which you have 
your files, so that these could be compared, or is that too much ancient 
history?
tried to call you back,
jeanne

At 12:32 PM 04/05/2005, you wrote:
>Following up on my previous comment:
>
>Leah and I are going through some files. It is not obvious to me that 99 
>means alone. I don't recall that we knew all that was alone time for all 
>those males. It looks to me as if sometimes it means unknown.
>
>We need to know more. I am not sure when I will have time to track this down.
>
>Susan
>
>>If 99 used to mean alone and we no longer want to use 99 then it would 
>>have to go to 10.
>>
>>S
>>
>>>yes, 99 goes to 10; ok Susan?
>>>jeanne
>>>
>>>At 08:56 AM 04/05/2005, you wrote:
>>>>>I agree that we should abandon 99. I just re-checked all my original 
>>>>>males files and confirmed that I never used 99, only 9, and I always 
>>>>>assigned a male zero for alone - in my database, there was only a 
>>>>>single integer value allowed for wherever the male was. So if it was 
>>>>>used before babase it must have come from somewhere other than my 
>>>>>files. And given that none of us remembers or quite understands it, we 
>>>>>should jettison it.
>>>>>Susan
>>>>
>>>>So I should change the group id for males currently in Members and 
>>>>Census with Group 99 to Group 10, right?  Do you want me to look into 
>>>>these case by case, or simply do a quick replace with FoxPro commands?
>>>>
>>>>Catherine
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