Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data

2011-01-10 Thread Peter Vince
Would a TSB (Tab Separated Value) format be preferable? Full-stops and commas are used in numbers as decimal and thousands separators (or vice versa), so using tab character would avoid any problems with commas in the actual data (and make it is a bit easier to quickly eyeball when viewed in a

Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data

2011-01-10 Thread Chris Albertson
We have mountains of data here too. The best why to store it is in a real database of some kind. There are several that are free, open source and multi-platform. The best for this use is Postgres. As this is free and open source there is no reason not to use it. In the past I've kept

Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data

2011-01-10 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Bob Bownes bow...@gmail.com wrote: There is a difference between archival format and database format. If you are looking for an archival format that is portable, then a CSV (or other delimiter of your choice) is ideal. They are easy to import to a real database

Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data

2011-01-10 Thread Bob Camp
measurement Cc: scmcgr...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Bob Bownes bow...@gmail.com wrote: There is a difference between archival format and database format. If you are looking for an archival format that is portable, then a CSV (or other

Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data

2011-01-10 Thread Tijd Dingen
You saved me a lot of typing. :) Comments inline... --- On Mon, 1/10/11, Bob Bownes bow...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bob Bownes bow...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data To: scmcgr...@gmail.com, Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Date

Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data

2011-01-09 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I'm sitting here running data on a bunch of TBolts and the like. Might that data be useful to others - maybe. Could it be useful 100 years from not - doubtful. I have the ability to create enormous amounts of likely useless trivia. To me the burring the useful nugget in the mountain of

Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data

2011-01-09 Thread scmcgrath
-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Timing Data Hi I'm sitting here running data on a bunch of TBolts and the like. Might that data be useful to others - maybe. Could it be useful 100 years from not - doubtful. I