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    Hello CFC members,

    Something very strange happened during the website update today.

    It seems that everyone's rating history for 2013 has been deleted.
    Don't panic, we still have the data, it just got erased from the website.

    I believe there should no effect on your current ratings, so they should be correct.
    I think I know how to fix it, but it would be wiser to consult with the technical team first.
    I hope to have it all fixed for next weeks update.

    Happy New Year everyone.

    Bob

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    Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

    Erasing my 2013 record is a plus for me. Can you do something about 2014?
    Paul Leblanc
    Treasurer Chess Foundation of Canada

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    • #3
      Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

      lol. Good one.

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        Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

        Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View Post
        Hello CFC members,

        Something very strange happened during the website update today.

        It seems that everyone's rating history for 2013 has been deleted.
        Don't panic, we still have the data, it just got erased from the website.

        I believe there should no effect on your current ratings, so they should be correct.
        I think I know how to fix it, but it would be wiser to consult with the technical team first.
        I hope to have it all fixed for next weeks update.

        Happy New Year everyone.

        Bob
        Greetings Bob, and Happy New Year!

        Ahem... While you're consulting with the technical team, could you please see if they can add the following 3 tournaments missing from the CFC crosstable database? They have been rated, but don't appear in the history:

        Tournament Number 200001019: DCC 99 End of Century Sat Swiss
        Tournament Number 200001024: DCC Wednesday Championship
        Tournament Number 200001032: Pan American Intercollegiate Team

        Upon a previous request Vincent Chow sent you the corresponding Excel files, and you then forwarded them to me, but it would be great to see them on the website! Cheers :D
        Last edited by Hugh Siddeley; Saturday, 3rd January, 2015, 02:23 AM.

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          Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

          Originally posted by Hugh Siddeley View Post
          Greetings Bob, and Happy New Year!

          Ahem... While you're consulting with the technical team, could you please see if they can add the following 3 tournaments missing from the CFC crosstable database? They have been rated, but don't appear in the history:

          Tournament Number 200001019: DCC 99 End of Century Sat Swiss
          Tournament Number 200001024: DCC Wednesday Championship
          Tournament Number 200001032: Pan American Intercollegiate Team

          Upon a previous request Vincent Chow sent you the corresponding Excel files, and you then forwarded them to me, but it would be great to see them on the website! Cheers :D
          Oh boy Hugh, that’s 14 years ago!
          Nevertheless, curiosity did send me to rummage thru the old databases today. I have discovered there are about 50 crosstables missing from players history including your 3. :(

          The tournaments were all held in late 1999 but not rated until 2000.
          So the program assigned tournament numbers 2000xxxxx.
          ie. 200001019 - nineteenth tournament rated in January of 2000.

          Many years ago, when the crosstable database got too large, it was broken into several databases. Those 50 tournaments (numbered 2000xxxxx) in the "prior to 2000” database were missed on the upload to the new website. Oops!

          I will see if we can fix that!

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            Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

            Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View Post
            Oh boy Hugh, that’s 14 years ago!
            I realized they were missing in 2006.

            I got around to emailing you about them in 2008.

            Having not had a response I emailed you again about them in 2010. You replied that time and Vincent Chow forwarded you the Excel files which you then passed on to me (not what I was really asking for).

            In 2014 you raised the problem of last year's crosstables disappearing which reminded me...

            So what can I say? Time flies! :p

            And another thing is it's better late than never ;)
            Last edited by Hugh Siddeley; Monday, 5th January, 2015, 11:15 PM.

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            • #7
              Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

              This weeks rating update was completed this morning.
              It required a little extra file maintenance as it was the first update of a new year.
              It appears as if I got it correct, but if not, please email the office.

              The problem was last week, i.e.. deleted history for 2013,
              we'll focus on that next week.
              And thirdly, the missing crosstables from 1999, hopefully the week after. :)

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                Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

                Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View Post
                We'll focus on that next week
                And thirdly, the missing crosstables from 1999, hopefully the week after. :)
                You should have made avoiding procrastination your New Year's resolution

                I was going to myself but I'm going to wait until next year :p
                Last edited by Hugh Siddeley; Thursday, 8th January, 2015, 11:42 PM.

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                • #9
                  Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

                  Sorry folks, we are still struggling with these technical glitches.
                  This weeks rating update has been delayed until thursday noon.

                  I anticipate we will get the ratings updated okay, :)
                  but still have some issues with rating history. :(
                  Last edited by Bob Gillanders; Wednesday, 14th January, 2015, 05:12 PM.

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                  • #10
                    Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

                    Okay, the ratings are now updated for this week.

                    As we expected, the players rating history still needs to be repaired.
                    That is tournaments from 2013 and some from 1999 are missing from the history.

                    And now adding to that is: Langley CC Round Robin.
                    This tournament was rated this week okay.
                    But since it ended in 2014, it did not get added the the history.

                    We will try tackling this problem again next week. :)
                    Last edited by Bob Gillanders; Thursday, 15th January, 2015, 01:00 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

                      Okay, the ratings are now updated for the week.
                      The 2013 history has been restored on the website. :)

                      Still missing are the 1999 tournaments and Langley RR 2014.
                      These fixes take a little more finesse.

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                      • #12
                        Re: CFC Ratings - a temporary problem

                        Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View Post
                        Still missing are the 1999 tournaments and Langley RR 2014.
                        These fixes take a little more finesse.
                        The problem with the rating history seems to be chronic.
                        Gary Ruben
                        CC - IA and SIM

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