Re: [Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings

2015-05-26 Thread James K. Williams
cid List" Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 11:58:46 AM Subject: Re: [Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings Hello James, Yes, I think you should leave the rating field empty if you don't know the rating. You are point out what seems to be a terrible annoyance: > my games

Re: [Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings

2015-05-26 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
Hello James, Yes, I think you should leave the rating field empty if you don't know the rating. You are point out what seems to be a terrible annoyance: > my games database got corrupted when I started entering both USCF and ELO ratings. What happened is that the W-Elo and B-Elo fields got myster

Re: [Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings

2015-05-26 Thread James K. Williams
- Original Message - From: "Benoit St-Pierre" To: "Scid List" Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 10:47:06 AM Subject: Re: [Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings James, The only way I can think of right now to change at once all the ratings from ELO to USCF would be:

Re: [Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings

2015-05-26 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
James, The only way I can think of right now to change at once all the ratings from ELO to USCF would be: - export your database in PGN - open the PGN file with a text editor, and - replace the text with a Search and Replace. I don't think of a way to tweak the ELO files. Other can chime in here

Re: [Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings

2015-05-26 Thread James K. Williams
You're right. I have since learned that the USCF rule is Any idea how to do the maintenance tasks I need to do? - Original Message - From: "Chris Bannister" To: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 9:51:39 AM Subject: Re: [Scid-

Re: [Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings

2015-05-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 01:18:30PM +, James K. Williams wrote: > 2. I want to change every 0 rating to 1300. (I used 0 to represent > unrated, but 1300 is a more realistic initial rating for unrated > players.) I would have thought that 1000 is a more realistic figure. -- "If you're not car

[Scid-users] Database Maintenance on Ratings

2015-05-25 Thread James K. Williams
Can you please help me with some advanced maintenance tasks? 1. I want to change every rating in my database from "ELO" to "USCF." 2. I want to change every 0 rating to 1300. (I used 0 to represent unrated, but 1300 is a more realistic initial rating for unrated players.) Because I used a mix