UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
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Re: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
#2“The issue occurred because some files containing positive test results exceeded the maximum file size that takes these data files and loads then into central systems, officials said.”
Re: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
#3“The issue occurred because some files containing positive test results exceeded the maximum file size that takes these data files and loads then into central systems, officials said.”
Latest news report suggest that this is Excel spreadsheets'
size limit.
Re: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
#4Are they using msdos or something?
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#5Re: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
#6Are they using msdos or something?
I don't think they are even using grey matter.
Re: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Latest news report suggest that this is Excel spreadsheets' size limit.
Where did you see this?
https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1313046638915706880
> The reason was apparently that the database is managed in Excel and the number of columns had reached the maximum.
Re: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where did you see this?
https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1313046638915706880 > The reason was apparently that the database is managed in Excel and the number of columns had reached the maximum.
>The problem was caused by an Excel spreadsheet reaching its maximum file size, which stopped new names being added in an automated process.
> The files have now been split into smaller multiple files to prevent the issue happening again.
Wow
Re: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
#9Note: for all the people reckoning this is an Excel issue as reported on Twitter:
a) The Twitter link is referencing the Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8805697/Furious-bla...
b) The Mail does not source it's claim.
c) All those Excel references in the news seem to postdate (at time of writing) speculation on Excel in IT-heavy forums like this.
While I can believe the Excel conjecture is correct, I wish people would stop referencing it like it's a proven fact, or provide an authoritative source for the Excel claim.
I hate to be that guy, but...
Re: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size limit exceeded
#10Note: for all the people reckoning this is an Excel issue as reported on Twitter: a) The Twitter link is referencing the Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8805697/Furious-bla... b) The Mail does not source it's claim. c) All those Excel references in the news seem to postdate (at time of writing) speculation on Excel in IT-heavy forums like this. While I can believe the Excel conjecture is correct,…
thank you for posting this, I could not understand why everybody kept referencing Excel while TFA didn't.
I thought people had somehow done some math on #cases/sheets to arrive at an obvious-but-not-to-me fact :)