OSA 10-07-07 PP Workout problem

[lonestarracefan]

Ted,

RDSS asked me to inform you that there was a problem with converting Workout Data for Seeking Answers and another horse, but didn't see the horse's name before the program crashed.

i restarted and converted the PP data again with no problem the second time

Only mentioning it because the program asked me too

Opened the race Seeking Answers workout data looks fine

[RichieP]

Alert!

[lonestarracefan]

yep that what I got before it crashed

I re-converted it and it was ok the second time

[Ted Craven]

OK, thanks guys for another sighting of this bug. Got about 5 different examples over a half year, so something they all have in common should whack me upside the head any day now...

I'm going to compare those 2 horses to a DRF (or Spec or Val) to see if all Workouts truly made it.

Ted

[Ted Craven]

Both of the above noted horses from OSA 10/07 and another one from OSA 10/08 share a common problem, which is probably a Trackmaster data error.

Can I ask anyone (even if you're watching this and don't use RDSS): for the 3 horses shown below, does any other data provider also show the same workouts which I have circled in red? For example, BRIS, Post Time Daily, DRF? The date is the same for all 3 horses (September 17) and all 3 horses show workouts on the same day at both SA and DMR, which is unlikely (unless the workout also included a van ride).

Knowing this, I now see why RDSS chokes when attempting to convert this info into the database. Spec and Val don't choke, but also show the same data anomaly (since they're also using the same data file). RDSS' listing of Workouts for these horses is incorrect (i.e. I think the work preceding September 17 is absent).

The 3 horses and races are:

5 - Seeking Answers OSA 10/07 race 2
1 - Placid Lake OSA 10/07 race 8
6 - Newport Topper OSA 10/08 race 1

Many thanks to the above posters, and thanks to Marty D for his sharp eyes in comparing RDSS to Spec workout sections.

If anyone can confirm if other data providers' workout data for these horses is different (i.e. normal), feel free to post here or email me (a picture would help, if available - I'll forward to TrackMaster).

Ted

[JimG]

Ted,

The daily racing form past performances are identical with respect to the duplicate workouts you posted. As info.

Jim

[lonestarracefan]

Ted,

I'm glad to found the error on today's card, I wasn't on-line yesterday when I converted the data.

Thank you for letting me Beta Test this program

[Ted Craven]

Thanks Jim. Looks like an Equibase sourced problem. I know now what to do to avoid this in future. WIll work on something for the next update.

Ted