Player histories in Cato...

moonshineboy · 08-01-2003, 02:51 AM

Was wondering if there is anyway to edit the player histories when using Cato's history. I keep running into an error. Luckily i can still create the HTML pages, but the history error is annoying.

Also, for anyone who uses/has used Cato's, what the most seasons anyone's used it for?

koohead · 08-01-2003, 03:34 AM

what is the error that you are getting?
the player histories are text files, so technically, you could edit them using notepad or something

AngelinOF · 08-01-2003, 04:57 AM

I usually just omit outputting the players' histories, I am not a big fan of where they are placed on the html page and with players that accomplishes alot it pushes their stats well down the page.

You can edit the histories in two ways, the first is the easiest inside your league_news folder is another subfolder that contains all the players' histories. But I am not sure if there is a remedy to the error. The second way can only be done if you can edit access files, inside the *.mdb file is a table called pHistory that contains all the player history data.

I have used the utility for a current replay that started in 1871 and is currently up to 1985.

moonshineboy · 08-01-2003, 03:18 PM

koohead - When i'm importing stats, i get a message that says something like E_FAIL status, it always happens while it's doing the player histories. I then have to start creating the HTML, at which point i get an error right when it starts doing the players. Luckily i can just close the program, open it back up & hit Create HTML again & it goes through fine.

AngelinOF - I'm not really a big fan either, i know what you mean about the long histories. And WOW, over 100 years. Does it take a long time to create the HTML pages. I'm on 32 years & it takes over 2 hours. I don't have a great computer, though.

Alan T · 08-01-2003, 05:12 PM

That just happened to me too recently moonshineboy... It was annoying to death...

What it ended up being was for some reason Alfonseca's history was crashing it.. The way I figured it was him was by going through the db and seeing where it stopped. I then removed his player history text file, tried to import player histories and it ran fine... It was a few hours of torment.. I still have no idea what it was about his specific history that caused it to bomb, but I was able to fix the problem with it not importing histories..

Hope this helps.

AngelinOF · 08-02-2003, 02:08 AM

The only thing I create after the end of each season is the league and leaderboard pages which now takes about 30 minutes. I only generate the player html pages once every 5 seasons and the last time I did so it took about 6 hours.

08-01-2003, 02:51 AM	#1
moonshineboy Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ypsilanti, MI Posts: 50	Player histories in Cato... Was wondering if there is anyway to edit the player histories when using Cato's history. I keep running into an error. Luckily i can still create the HTML pages, but the history error is annoying. Also, for anyone who uses/has used Cato's, what the most seasons anyone's used it for? __________________ It's all on the wheel.

08-01-2003, 03:34 AM	#2
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,213	what is the error that you are getting? the player histories are text files, so technically, you could edit them using notepad or something __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

08-01-2003, 03:18 PM	#4
moonshineboy Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ypsilanti, MI Posts: 50	koohead - When i'm importing stats, i get a message that says something like E_FAIL status, it always happens while it's doing the player histories. I then have to start creating the HTML, at which point i get an error right when it starts doing the players. Luckily i can just close the program, open it back up & hit Create HTML again & it goes through fine. AngelinOF - I'm not really a big fan either, i know what you mean about the long histories. And WOW, over 100 years. Does it take a long time to create the HTML pages. I'm on 32 years & it takes over 2 hours. I don't have a great computer, though. __________________ It's all on the wheel.

08-01-2003, 05:12 PM	#5
Alan T All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass. Posts: 1,963	That just happened to me too recently moonshineboy... It was annoying to death... What it ended up being was for some reason Alfonseca's history was crashing it.. The way I figured it was him was by going through the db and seeing where it stopped. I then removed his player history text file, tried to import player histories and it ran fine... It was a few hours of torment.. I still have no idea what it was about his specific history that caused it to bomb, but I was able to fix the problem with it not importing histories.. Hope this helps. __________________ - Front Office Offseason League. (Fast Paced OOTP-X and OOTP11 leagues, sims one season every week)

08-01-2003, 04:57 AM	#3
AngelinOF All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,353	I usually just omit outputting the players' histories, I am not a big fan of where they are placed on the html page and with players that accomplishes alot it pushes their stats well down the page. You can edit the histories in two ways, the first is the easiest inside your league_news folder is another subfolder that contains all the players' histories. But I am not sure if there is a remedy to the error. The second way can only be done if you can edit access files, inside the *.mdb file is a table called pHistory that contains all the player history data. I have used the utility for a current replay that started in 1871 and is currently up to 1985.

08-02-2003, 02:08 AM	#6
AngelinOF All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,353	The only thing I create after the end of each season is the league and leaderboard pages which now takes about 30 minutes. I only generate the player html pages once every 5 seasons and the last time I did so it took about 6 hours.