Greetings -
I can't find the link to upload the test data on the bug development system, so I temporarily put it at:
http://geddes.home.netcom.com/rand-jpo.zip
until you can move it over (item a, below). I have some excellent programs for generating realistic test data, but it looked so real I am afraid it may get mistaken for real data and get me in trouble. I would be glad to make some other datasets for testing. My usual practice is to set up an EpiData database, enter a few records, export them them, then use a program to generate similar data, which is imported back in as a EpiData file.
Setting aside (b) and (c), as far as (d) goes (and considering Torsten's comment on Ubuntu Linux:
I do have the basic Ubuntu 32 bit and will put it on a USB hard drive. Right now only the 64 bit is installed, for which I have the entire repository. Unfortunately I use an AT&T wireless 3G broadband and don't have it working with Linux (although Ubuntu has a 3G driver).
Pete Geddes
epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote:
Good to see Pete Geddes testing. The idea of a number of "complicated" random data sets for testing is a good one.
Just four comments: a. It would be good for the further testing if you could create a zip file with the data and upload to the bug/development system - see the link on www.epidata.dk/testing.php
b. It seems you are reading the dates as : mdy, but looking at the data the dates are ymd
00063364;.........;1949/07/29;N;1958/04/19;CHE;75683
which might explain the strange date values you have seen.
c. Regarding UTF-8 This really does only come to play with localised alphabets/letters.
11 d1 Date of Birth Date (mdy) 10 12 v1 Gender Upper-case text 1 13 i11 Date Entered Today (mdy) 10
d. regarding Operating systems The linux version. We will create a list of dependencies. Next in line is testing a Mac version - but awaits arrival of hardware.
regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association _______________________________________________ EpiData-list mailing list EpiData-list@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list