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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: March 18, 2003 09:21 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Gary needs support to link records between users.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Fix Restore Missing Records
3...SDS Program Code and Work Records Updated


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Boeing                                                                                                                                                             O-00000816 0505
020101 - Mr. Garold L. Johnson
020103 - Modeling and Simulation                                                                                                                                          O-00000816 0505

SUBJECTS
Linking Audit Trail Traceability to Original Sources in SDS Records G
Linking to Other Users Broke
Linking to Another User's Records Fails to Save Record

0605 -
0605 -    ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Follow up ref SDS 11 0000. ref SDS 10 0000.
060702 -
060703 -
060704 -
060706 -  ..
0608 -
0609 -
0610 - Discussion
0611 -
061101 - Gary said he is working on somthing today and wants to link into my
061102 - records.  He is getting an error message.
061104 -  ..
061105 - I explained I made an improvement to the program a month or so ago to
061106 - save an SDS when a link is added, and did not recognize at the time
061107 - that SDS is designed to support multiple Users working together in
061108 - collaboration by preventing anyone from saving another user's records.
061109 - I discoverd this issue later on 030308 and changed the code so that
061110 - when linking to another user's records the new save feature will not
061111 - work.  To test this...
061112 -
061113 -     Here is a link to Gary's record on 030116 that uses an anchor he
061114 -     has already created. ref SDS 3 0001
061116 -      ..
061117 -     Trying to link to the same record, however, where there is not
061118 -     already an anchor available, returns an error message, because it
061119 -     launches a "save" function that kicks out, and so preserves
061120 -     ownership and control of the record.
061122 -  ..
061123 - Below, submitted updated program code. ref SDS 0 0245
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SUBJECTS
Help Needed to Delete Extraneous and Duplicate Listings in Diary Summ
Fixing Diary Index When Missing Pointer Enteries
Missing Records Should be There But Arn't

1005 -
1006 - 1459
100701 -  ..
100702 - Fix Restore Missing Records
100703 -
100704 - Follow up ref SDS 4 OM3G.
100705 -
100706 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Gary saying....
100707 -
100708 -    1.  We discussed fixing the Diary index when it is missing entries
100709 -        on 030119, but I didn't get that record published. ref DRT 1
100710 -        0001
100712 -         ..
100713 -    2.  The record contains:
100714 -
100715 -        Fixing records that should be there but aren't should be even
100716 -        simpler since some variation on F2 to save should work, but
100717 -        there are some incantations that need to be done in order to
100718 -        set up the record. Rod is working on what those incantations
100719 -        are and whether the process can be simplified. ref DRT 1 RE5M
100721 -  ..
100722 - First, the description of this problem does not ring any bells.  In
100723 - other words, if a record is missing, then the only remedy is to
100724 - restore it from a backup.  SDS records are backed up everyday, and so
100725 - can be restored, and on my system are backuped to a tape drive once a
100726 - month.  This means there are several chances to recover a record that
100727 - may have gotten inadvertantly deleted.  Since this seems obvious, it
100728 - seems like Gary is describing a different problem, and I am blanking
100729 - out on what is really needed.
100731 -        ..
100732 -       [On 030319 there were two problems; one was an SDS program issue
100733 -       that prevented saving a record. ref SDS 12 533K  The second
100734 -       problem was solved by using F2 to save the record which updates
100735 -       the pointers. ref SDS 12 586F
100737 -  ..
100738 - Gary's reference to 030119 was helpful.  On 030119 Gary asked about
100739 - eliminating pointers to records that have been deleted, ref SDS 4
100740 - OM3G, and in some cases cause duplicate entries in reports, as further
100741 - explained in that record. ref SDS 4 S560
100743 -  ..
100744 - The record on 030119 explains SDS record structure, ref SDS 4 S588,
100745 - and lists steps for clearing the problem Gary reported at that time.
100746 - ref SDS 4 S636
100748 -  ..
100749 - Gary continues....
100750 -
100751 -    3.  I ran into the problem today, and when time permits, a
100752 -        description of the fixup process would be helpful. ref DRT 1
100753 -        PF6K
100755 -  ..
100756 - Submitted ref DIT 1 UY6N linked to the record on 030119 that may
100757 - solve the problem. ref SDS 4 S636
100758 -
100759 -         [On 030319 received letter from Gary clarifying scope of the
100760 -         problem. ref SDS 12 XT9K
100762 -         ..
100763 -    4.  I clearly need to learn enough about the SDS index files to
100764 -        consider creating a program that can diagnose and repair any
100765 -        errors in them.  We need to deal with that issue sooner or
100766 -        later, and probably better that I write something than bother
100767 -        you with the problem, which may run us into the memory problem
100768 -        again. ref DRT 1 MF7F
100770 -  ..
100771 - There are lot of things we want to improve, beginning with the memory
100772 - issue.  Keeping fingers crossed.
100773 -
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SUBJECTS
Zip Update SDS Program and My SDS Records for Training Purposes on Ga

1103 -
110401 -  ..
110402 - SDS Program Code and Work Records Updated
110403 -
110404 - Follow up ref SDS 5 022H.
110405 -
110406 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 notifying Gary by email that an SDS update is
110407 - on the web covering the period from last transfer on 030227.
110408 - ref SDS 5 022H
110410 -  ..
110411 - Used procedures reported on 021201. ref SDS 2 CL9N
110413 -  ..
110414 - This update does not report any improvements nor corrections, although
110415 - a few small things have been fixed, including the problem that Gary
110416 - reported this morning, per above. ref SDS 0 UO6F
110418 -  ..
110419 - Updated files can be downloaded at....
110420 -
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110422 -        http://www.welchco.com/09/
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