Database documentation: rec_data


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David O. Fisher

NIWA Fisheries Data Management

Database Documentation Series

Revised on 18 April 2007


Revision History

Version

Changed by

Reason

Date

1

David Fisher

Initial release

December 1988

2

David Fisher

Added tables t_observer and t_count_codes

11 May 2001

2

David Fisher

Added attributes proj_code to t_survey_codes & survey to t_effort

17 July 2002

2

David Fisher

Corrected section 5 table numbering

16 June 2003

3

David Fisher

Added Appendix 2 of Empress data types.

Added comments attribute to t_survey_codes.

Alter t_effort.locality from char 40 to char 60.

Added dist attribute to t_interview.

Changed t_length.lgth from integer to decimal(4,1) and added attribute lgth_code.

December 2003

4

David Fisher

Completely restructured the t_response table

so the natural key is now (survey, resp, year_s, month_s).

Added weighting attribute to t_response table.

Added width_meas attribute to t_length table

April 2004



June 2004

5     Christopher Dick Restructure of the t_observer table and

added t_obs_count table.

Added int_before attribute to t_interview

Added maps to Appendix 4

Added paragraph re t_observer and child

tables

Updated some references.
November 2006







April 2007


Table of Contents

1 Introduction to the Database Document series

2 Recreational fishing data

        2.1 Data sources
                
        2.2 Data validation

3 Data Structures

        3.1 Table relationships

        3.2 Database design

                3.2.1 Boat ramp and shellfish harvest tables

                3.2.2 Diary survey tables

                3.2.3 Common code tables

4 Table Summaries

        4.1 Boat ramp and shellfish harvest tables:

        4.2 Diary survey tables

        4.3 Shared code tables

5 rec_data Tables
    
        5.1 Boat ramp and shellfish harvest tables:
        
                5.1.1 Table 7: t_session
    
                5.1.2 Table 2: t_fisher-count

                5.1.3 Table 3: t_group
            
                5.1.4 Table 4: t_interview

                5.1.5 Table 5: t_weight

                5.1.6 Table 6: t_length

                5.1.7 Table 7: t_observd_codes

                5.1.8 Table 8: t_observer

                5.1.9 Table 9: t_obs_count

                5.1.10 Table 10: t_count_codes

                5.1.11 Table 11: t_ctch_cen93

                5.1.12 Table 12: t_len_cen93

        5.2 Diary survey tables

                5.2.1 Table 1: t_phone
                
                5.2.2 Table 2: t_sca
        
                5.2.3 Table 3: t_response

                5.2.4 Table.4: t_effort
                
                5.2.5 Table 5: t_catch

                5.2.6 Table 6: t_lgth

        5.3 Shared code tables

                5.3.1 Table 1: t_survey_codes
                
                5.3.2 Table 2: t_zonef_codes
    
                5.3.3 Table 3: t_locality_codes

                5.3.4 Table 4: t_fishmeth_codes 

                5.3.5 Table 5: t_ramp_codes

                5.3.6 Table 6: t_boat_codes

6 rec_data business rules

        6.1 Introduction to business rules
        
        6.2 Summary of rules

7 Acknowledgments

8 References

Appendix 1 - Data entry, error checking, and loading

Appendix 2 - Empress Datatypes

Appendix 3 - Reference Documentation - Code Tables

Appendix 4 - Reference Documentation - Area Maps


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Updated : 19 February 2008