Aloha, Trevor
Well, I can send you the whole stack, and some sample data and you can
see what else is going on!?! But then I'd have to kill you. Or get an
NDA. Ha ha. Just kidding. What I mean is, the sample data is all real
customer data with social security numbers and other confidential info,
and the application is a 3 tier architecture - rev stack front end, a
cgi apache middle piece, and a back end SQL database piece, so it
wouldn't work without all the pieces, and you'd need to be on our
internal company network or have a VPN connection. I think what I will
do is create a simple stack to illustrate the problem.
But then again, maybe it is more straightforward to explain what I am
trying to do, because, you might have an excellent suggestion and a
better way! So here goes.
Goal: delete verified data from the data grid and leave only the error data.
To elaborate, step 1, first the data grid is populated from a spread
sheet that contains a bunch of info, including names and SSNs and so
forth, but the source of the data was manual entry and they make
mistakes. So we want to find the mistakes.
Step 2, a verification process runs that performs a number of different
integrity checks comparing against the data base of record, and color
codes the data in the grid, depending on if it's close but not exact,
totally wrong or missing, exactly right, etc. The kewl thing is that
thanks to your help the user does not sit there for an undetermined leg
nth of time watching some spinning wheel or hourglass, they can visually
see as each integrity check on each cell is performed what color it
turns, and know how it's progressing along. Love that. Scroll into
view etc.
Next step is manual. The user has to decide what are the errors that
need fixing. For example, there might be a misspelling of a name, the
correct name is "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" but the users have
typed in "TAFKA Prince". Do we let it go or fix it?
To assist the user in sorting through this data, I'd like a power tool,
a choice that removes all the lines in the grid that have only valid
data - only green cells - these cells also have had the token "Verified"
appended to them (as in the code snippet previously sent). Once
distilled down to all errors, the user can manually delete the
insignificant errors, then go on to the next step of creating a 'data to
be corrected' report.
So my goal is to build this power tool.
Right now, perhaps due to my fumbling with the API, or not finding an
example of exactly what would be the best way, I'm doing it like this
(somewhat over simplified)
Grab all the dgtext of the grid and put it in a container
For each line of the container, if it contains "Verified", delete it
Put the container back as the dgtext of the grid
Now, when I do this without running the integrity checks - meaning, take
the data out of the grid and then just put it back, it all comes back
identical to the way it started. Or if I delete some lines then take it
out, put it back, again, all is well.
However, after running the verify step (and no mystery, I sent you the
code), the lines that get back into the grid are split, after each word
"Verified" a new line starts in the grid, so it appears (not proven)
that CRs have been inserted.
So back to my question, what is your suggestion of a good way to detect
lines in the grid that have a certain pattern in one of the cells and
then delete that line? I am thinking it would be better to do it in
place, without taking the data out and putting it back, but I have not
been able to figure out how yet in just studying the api manual and
existing examples.
Your input is most appreciated, thank you.
Sadhu
Hi Sadhu,
I don't think that SetDataOfIndex is the culprit here. The relevant
code for SetDataOfIndex is as follows:
if pKey is not empty then
put pValue into sDataArray[pIndex][pKey]
else
put pValue into sDataArray[pIndex]
end if
so the CR must be creeping in somewhere else. What else do you have
going on?
Regards,
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