Re: Unwanted Counts
We've just noticed an unfortunate default behaviour that affects 60,000 records on our database. The record cards that several of our staff have used for data entry purposes have included a 'Count' of some kind in order to capture data where a specific number of taxa has been recorded. It is generally the 'Abundance of Present (Count)' column that has been used in this manner.
What we did not realise was that this automatically enters a count of 1 (with 'None' as the qualifier) for every record where a specific count is not entered. How do other users get around this, or are we the only ones to have been caught out by this behaviour?
Dave
Senior IT & Records Officer,
15 Talbot Road, Talbot Green, Pontyclun, CF72 8AD
www.sewbrec.org.uk, www.sewbrecord.org.uk