Feature request: Improved cleanup for new species.
Posted: 23 Jun 2009, 10:23
Jools,
When you add a new species in a "hole" in the database, things go wrong because there are still data items "tied" to that species ID.
Specifically, two of the new species of Akysis added have "Tacutu" (Rio Branco tributary) as a distribution. Which of course is completely and utterly silly, as the fish is Asian.
Would it be possible to write a bit of code to automatically remove:
1. Common name.
2. Distribution data.
3. Synonyms.
(And anything else that uses species id or genus id)
[Or, you could just "Never reuse any number". I'm sure if I say that many enough times, you'll sooner or later agree ;) ]
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Mats
When you add a new species in a "hole" in the database, things go wrong because there are still data items "tied" to that species ID.
Specifically, two of the new species of Akysis added have "Tacutu" (Rio Branco tributary) as a distribution. Which of course is completely and utterly silly, as the fish is Asian.
Would it be possible to write a bit of code to automatically remove:
1. Common name.
2. Distribution data.
3. Synonyms.
(And anything else that uses species id or genus id)
[Or, you could just "Never reuse any number". I'm sure if I say that many enough times, you'll sooner or later agree ;) ]
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Mats