The HARRY_READ_ME.txt file

Part 25

25. Wahey! It's halfway through April and I'm still working on it. This
surely is the worst project I've ever attempted. Eeeek. I think the main
problem is the rather nebulous concept of the automatic updater. If I
hadn't had to write it to add the 1991-2006 temperature file to the 'main'
one, it would probably have been a lot simpler. But that one operation has
proved so costly in terms of time, etc that the program has had to bend
over backwards to accommodate it. So yes, in retrospect it was not a
brilliant idea to try and kill two birds with one stone - I should have
realised that one of the birds was actually a pterodactyl with a temper
problem.

Success!
crua6[/cru/cruts/version_3_0/db/testmergedb] ./mergedb
**************************************************
* MERGEDB *
* *
* Merging of two database files *
* Ops ID: f098xxxx *
* Date: 12:17 25/04/07 *
* The Session ID is: 0704251217.f098xxxx *
* (log file 'mergedb.0704251217.f098xxxx.log') *
* *
* Please choose the mode of working. *
* This program can either run.. *
* [1] Interactively, (in which case an operator *
* must be present throughout to make decision), *
* or [2] in Batch mode, (in which case it may *
* be left unattended). If Batch mode is used, a *
* file of outstanding issues will be saved for *
* later [3] resolution by an operator. *
* *
* [1] Interactive (operator) processing *
* [2] Batch (no operator) processing *
* [3] Operator processing of saved batch *
* [4] Run a previously-saved action file *
* *
* Please enter 1,2,3 or 4: 4
* RUN ACTION FILE MODE *
* *
* Enter the ACTion filename, or 'x' for a list: x
* The 1 most recent ACT files:
* 1. mergedb.0704201343.f098xxxx.act *
* Enter a number or 0 for none of the above: 1
* Enter 'Y' to run this file or 'N' to abort: Y
* *
* Creation date/time: 13:43 20/04/07 *
* Batch initiator was: f098 *

* Number of actions/requests: 2586
* This ACT file derived from original OPS file: *
* mergedb.0704201210.f098xxxx.ops *
* Main (existing) Database: tmp.0702091122.dtb
* Secondary (incoming) Database: tmp.0612081519.dat
* Parameter is 'tmp' - confirm (Y/N): Y

* Actions Completed! *
* Thank You for using MERGEDB! *
**************************************************

..well, 'success' in the sense that it ran and apparently all the data's
in the right place, in tmp.0704251819.dtb.


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