Autumn-Winter 2018 Update to the Himalayan Database

The Autumn-Winter 2018 update to the Himalayan Database adds new records for expeditions in the Autumn-Winter 2018 seasons and provides corrections and additions to records for the previous seasons from 1900-2018.

This update also adds four new fields to the MEMBERS database (MSMTNOTE1, MSMTNOTE2, MSMTNOTE3 and DEATHRTE). These new fields are only added if you first download and install the Himal 2.2 version of the database program before applying the update. If you apply the update with an earlier version of the Himal program, the new fields will not be added.

This update package includes:

Autumn-Winter 2018 update files for Himalayan Database

The complete instructions for updating the Himalayan Database are given in Appendix E of the Himalayan Database Program Guide. A brief summary is given below.

Updating the Himalayan Database

First download the compressed Autumn-Winter 2018 update file from the web site onto your hard drive and decompress by double-clicking on the update package.

The update package is in the file Himal Autumn 2018 Updates.zip

The result of the decompression is a folder with the name "Himal Autumn 2018 Updates" containing 14 update files:

expchgs.dbf

expchgs.fpt

expchgs.cdx

explog.dbf

memchgs.dbf

memchgs.fpt

memchgs.cdx

memlog.dbf

refer.dbf

refer.fpt

refer.cdx

peaks.dbf

peaks.fpt

peaks.cdx

The files of the form "exp..." and "mem..." contain the changes to be applied to the EXPED and MEMBERS tables. The files of the form "refer..." and "peaks..." are replacement files for the current files in the Himdata folder that are automatically loaded during the update process.

Start the Himal program and use the Update command in the File menu to apply the updates to the Himalayan Database. Confirm that you wish to proceed with the update and then navigate to the Himal Autumn 2018 Updates folder and select the first file named "expchgs.dbf" and click the OK button in the Open dialog box. All remaining update files are loaded automatically during the update process. Confirmation messages are given that each of the four tables (expeditions, members, literature references, and peaks) has been updated.