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  "id": 2397,
  "title": "Key for Donation dataset",
  "url": "/competitions/Raising-Money-to-Fund-an-Organizational-Mission/discussion/2397",
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  "post_date": "2012-08-21T03:16:49.823Z",
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  "content": "<p>What is the&nbsp; key for the donation dataset? I understand from the FAQ that the &quot;Donation is unique by the combination of projectid and DonationID&quot;. However, I see duplicates in the dataset based on that key. Below it appears that the package ID (which is\r\n sometimes null) is the only difference between the lines. Am I misunderstanding something?</p>\r\n<p>An example duplicate:</p>\r\n<p>Line 14479: 101,290563,1165002,2010-08-20 00:00:00,500013,2425,10, ,15317,3314,Candidate,Congress,1710,1,2</p>\r\n<p>Line 14489: 101,290563,1165002,2010-08-20 00:00:00,500013,2425,10, ,15317,3314,Candidate,Congress,1715,1,2</p>",
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      "id": "13262",
      "postDate": "08/21/2012 03:16:49",
      "content": "<p>What is the&nbsp; key for the donation dataset? I understand from the FAQ that the &quot;Donation is unique by the combination of projectid and DonationID&quot;. However, I see duplicates in the dataset based on that key. Below it appears that the package ID (which is\r\n sometimes null) is the only difference between the lines. Am I misunderstanding something?</p>\r\n<p>An example duplicate:</p>\r\n<p>Line 14479: 101,290563,1165002,2010-08-20 00:00:00,500013,2425,10, ,15317,3314,Candidate,Congress,1710,1,2</p>\r\n<p>Line 14489: 101,290563,1165002,2010-08-20 00:00:00,500013,2425,10, ,15317,3314,Candidate,Congress,1715,1,2</p>",
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      "id": "13263",
      "postDate": "08/21/2012 04:02:51",
      "content": "<p>Good catch - you're right that a very small percentage (0.1%) of the donation data contains duplicate donation ids.</p>\r\n<p>They are not exact duplicates since at least one of the fields is different between the two records. We did not dedupe them since we wanted to have the contestants have all the data we have.</p>\r\n<p>Thanks</p>",
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      "id": "13275",
      "postDate": "08/21/2012 13:44:43",
      "content": "<p><span>Ok thanks.</span></p>\r\n<p><span>So how to interpret the data in that example? Is this one donation from that prospect or two?</span></p>",
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      "id": "13276",
      "postDate": "08/21/2012 14:40:08",
      "content": "<p>The data comes from our partners - the non profit organizations. In these instances it's impossible for us to know for sure whether it is a duplicate entry or a similar donation.\r\n</p>\r\n<p>We've decided to provide all the data to the contestants, and allow you to decide how to best handle it.\r\n</p>",
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      "id": 13263,
      "author_name": "fundraising",
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      "post_date": "08/21/2012 04:02:51",
      "content": "<p>Good catch - you're right that a very small percentage (0.1%) of the donation data contains duplicate donation ids.</p>\r\n<p>They are not exact duplicates since at least one of the fields is different between the two records. We did not dedupe them since we wanted to have the contestants have all the data we have.</p>\r\n<p>Thanks</p>",
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      "id": 13275,
      "author_name": "gilinson",
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      "post_date": "08/21/2012 13:44:43",
      "content": "<p><span>Ok thanks.</span></p>\r\n<p><span>So how to interpret the data in that example? Is this one donation from that prospect or two?</span></p>",
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    {
      "id": 13276,
      "author_name": "fundraising",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/21/2012 14:40:08",
      "content": "<p>The data comes from our partners - the non profit organizations. In these instances it's impossible for us to know for sure whether it is a duplicate entry or a similar donation.\r\n</p>\r\n<p>We've decided to provide all the data to the contestants, and allow you to decide how to best handle it.\r\n</p>",
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