Records of parameter values can be added with the Add
Record option. Let's add the
following data taken during a previous run.
To add these to TESCAL:
Shot Current Temperature
82995 380 1.8
82996 375 1.75
82997 400 2.0
Edit,Print,Plot,Regress,Crop? E
Edit option? RETURN to show options
/Options are:
AR Add records
DR Delete records
MR Modify records
TR Type a record
AP Add parameters
DP Delete parameters
MP Modify parameters
AE Add an expression
DE Delete an expression
ME Modify an expression
TE Type an expression
ED Edit database comment
AD Add a description
DD Delete a description
MD Modify a description
SC Scale a parameter
Edit option? AR
SHOT? 82995 380 1.8 ;
SHOT? 82996 375 1.73 ;
SHOT? 82997 400 2.0 ;
SHOT? \
Edit option? AR
SHOT? 82995 380 1.8 "'No disruptions.'";
SHOT? 82996 375 1.73 "'No disruptions.'" ;
SHOT? 82997 400 2.0 "'No disruptions.'" ;
SHOT? \
You are given the option to create a new version of the database file. This allows you to recover from editing errors by deleting the most recent version of the database file, e.g., $ DELETE TESCAL.DBC;. WARNING: Before you inadvertently delete a database file that you want, check to see what versions you have and when they were created, e.g., $ DIR/DATE TESCAL.DBC. Once you are happy with the current version of your database, you should purge the earlier versions, e.g., $ PURGE TESCAL.DBC.
To edit you must define one or two key parameters which uniquely describe a record of data. In some tables shot will be the key. In others, where shot is not unique, shot and time, may be keys. You can have either one or two keys.