----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 12:12
PM
Subject: RE: South Carolina Export
Nel,
The values of
Office, District and Seat are manually entered directly into the "Edit
Export ID" window. The correct values are supplied to the County
Election Office's by the Secretary of State's Office and appear in the export
file in the following manner:
- Field Length = 2
Bytes (Office), 3 Bytes (District), and 2 Bytes (Seat)
- Data Type =
Numeric
- Edit Criteria =
Correct Value; Right Justified with Leading Zeros
Leading zeros need
not be entered. They will automatically be generated if
necessary.
Candidate names
must all be entered in upper case with no punctuation. A candidate name
of Write-in must be entered as: WRITE-IN. Candidate names for
questions must be entered as: YES and NO. Upon encountering a YES
candidate, GEMS automatically assigns a party value of 'F' and for a NO
candidate, a party value of 'O' when the export file is created. GEMS
creates the exported candidate information in the following field
lengths:
- Last Name = 20
Bytes
- First Name = 15
Bytes
- MI = 1
Byte
- Suffix = 3
Bytes
I am attaching a
copy of Beaufort Co.'s Nov. 2000 election so you can see an actual export file
if you like.
Cathi
Race
tab
where are the
values of Office, District and Seat derived from in GEMS, if anywhere, and
what are their edit rules?
Candidates tab
what are the
edit rules for the candidate name fields under the Candidates
tab?
Nel