I think the only way may be to drop the code from 1.4, which neither guarantees a code will be there or that it is unique or generate one (a UUID for example) during import for anything which does not have a code but does match on a name.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Bob Jolliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6 September 2011 17:29, Knut Staring <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Bob Jolliffe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 6 September 2011 17:01, Jason Pickering <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Not sure, but it may have something to do with 1.4 >>> > >>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/dhis2/+bug/517047 >>> > >>> > which includes an exchange between ourselves. >>> > >>> > It does not seem to make a lot of sense, other than to facilitate >>> > imports from 1.4 where a (unique) code is not required. >>> >>> Alright. That was it. Wonder what they use code for? > > Well, the only options are > (i) to drop that code on input > (ii) postfix duplicate codes with _<Some random string> > > I guess either is possible. I'm working around this for the moment, > but would be good to meander back to unique codes soon. > >> >> Whatever it is used for, I don't think that is a sufficiently good reason >> for us to not make it unique. >> Knut >> >>> >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Jason >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Bob Jolliffe <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> Can someone point me back to the rationale for allowing non-unique >>> >> codes for dataelements etc in the database model. I'm struggling to >>> >> understand this requirement. >>> >> >>> >> Cheers >>> >> Bob >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> >> Post to : [email protected] >>> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Knut Staring >> > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
