Summing and Enums -- another solution?

On May 22, 10:13 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:

>
> That is correct.
>
>
> Then you need to educate them. Changing questions in mid-stream
> invalidates the survey.

Well, that's not necessarily mid-stream. After 90 days of the same
survey, and reports run on all that, if they decide that they want to
run a new survey, then they're cutting the stream and starting a new
one.

In other words, a 'steam' only lasts for a period of time. We're not
going to come up at the outset with the One True Survey to last until
the end of time.

>
> The bottom line is - YOU DON'T CHANGE QUESTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
> SURVEY! If you want new questions, you create a new survey. You may
> reuse questions from the previous survey - but you don't change the old one.

I think we're talking about the same thing here. By definition, when
the Powers that Be decide to change questions, the current survey has
ended, and we are starting a new survey.

All I'm trying to do is make sure that, when we do decide to go ahead
and end the old survey and start a new one, a user doesn't actually
get a hybrid survey. They should either get one or the other.

lawpoop@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 22, 10:13 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> That is correct.
>>
>>
>> Then you need to educate them. Changing questions in mid-stream
>> invalidates the survey.
>
> Well, that's not necessarily mid-stream. After 90 days of the same
> survey, and reports run on all that, if they decide that they want to
> run a new survey, then they're cutting the stream and starting a new
> one.
>
> In other words, a 'steam' only lasts for a period of time. We're not
> going to come up at the outset with the One True Survey to last until
> the end of time.
>
>> The bottom line is - YOU DON'T CHANGE QUESTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
>> SURVEY! If you want new questions, you create a new survey. You may
>> reuse questions from the previous survey - but you don't change the old one.
>
> I think we're talking about the same thing here. By definition, when
> the Powers that Be decide to change questions, the current survey has
> ended, and we are starting a new survey.
>
> All I'm trying to do is make sure that, when we do decide to go ahead
> and end the old survey and start a new one, a user doesn't actually
> get a hybrid survey. They should either get one or the other.

That's fine then. You only need one set of questions. Each survey
would have a separate ID (and you can have multiple surveys going at the
same time, if you wish). So if the survey ends while someone is only
partway through, when they come back you have a choice - either let them
complete the survey (and possibly not count the answers because you've
already run your reports), or give them a message indicating the survey
has ended - and only count the results they entered up to that point.


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