Given what it's for, I'll do it gratis.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
Jim March wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I need a contract on what we think is a fairly simple relational
> database problem.
>
> What he's got is "raw data" somebody to chew on.
>
> He has two .CSV files.
>
> The first is 112megs, listing people and details about them as a
> single line (record). There's a unique ID number in one field.
>
> The second is 100megs, with each record only three fields long. The
> first field contains the unique ID number, the second contains a
> number for an event they participated in, the third is not really
> relevant. For each person there will be several lines (records).
>
> Example:
>
> 1234543,2
> 1234543,5
> 1234543,6
> 1234543,7
>
> This tells us that voter 1234543 was involved in events 2, 5, 6 and 7.
>
> One complication: it's common for the data on events to contain a ID
> number of "123456" where the main data on the people lists the ID
> number as "00123456". That'll have to be parsed somehow.
>
> What we need is all this combined into a flat database, still a .CSV
> so he can import it into Filemaker Pro. In other words, it'll have
> extra fields showing which events this particular person was involved
> in.
>
> I'm thinking probably a simple bash script could do it, or use the
> database tool of your choice with .CSV output.
>
> There would be a strict non-disclosure on this - nobody is supposed to
> ever sell this mailing list for commercial purposes. You'll get it in
> an encrypted .ZIP file and give it back that way, passwords
> transmitted by phone.
>
> What would this cost?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim
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