26th July 2015, 10:46 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Originally Posted by Rinconpaul
It's not the bot that's the issue it's getting the database squeaky clean of errors after importing outside ratings. You know, the horses name to match Betfair's, scratchings...., all that stuff?
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Betfair remove apostrophes - it is possible to match an existing horse name to a BF horse name by using a replace function to remove the apostrophe for the search.
Not so easy to go the other way though - looking up a name using the BF name. The only real way is to use the tab number initially then do a sanity check on the name with the apostrophe stripped.
Never ever ever use BF jockey data. They take the surname and the 1st letter of the 'given' name(s) regardless of what it is. So (for example) 'Ms Jessica Payne' becomes 'M Payne' which you'd logically think was Michelle.
Matching Jockey names from different sources is a ************ nightmare. |