INSTRUCTIONS FOR PESTICIDE DATA PROGRAM 1996 DATA DOWNLOAD

** Approximately 35 MB of free disk storage space is needed to hold the
   de-compressed 1996 PDP data.

Instructions:
1) Click on the "1996 Data" link and save the 96data.exe self-extracting
   zip file to your local hard drive.
2) In Windows or DOS, launch the 96data.exe file to extract 22 files.
   There will be 5 executable files and 17 text files (described below).
3) Launch each of the 5 executable (.exe) files to extract the 5 ASCII
   fixed-length (.asc) data files.  Example: At the DOS prompt, type
   PDP96SAM and press the key.  The 6 (.exe) files can be deleted.
3) Print the Data Dictionary file (DATADI96.TXT) to see file structures.
4) Create 2 database tables using your own database software that match
   the provided files structures.  Import the 5 (.asc) files.
5) Print the 15 PDP code reference (.txt) files.  You can create database
   tables for these, remove the headings from the files, and import the
   codes/descriptions into look-up tables that can be linked to your data.

File descriptions:
  PDP96SAM.EXE  - Self-extracting executable which de-compresses to an 
                   ASCII, fixed-length data file (PDP96SAM.ASC) which holds 
                   5,771 Sample Information records for 1996 PDP samples.
  PDP96RE1.EXE  - Self-extracting executable which de-compresses to an 
                   ASCII, fixed-length data file (PDP96RE1.ASC) which holds
                   130,520 Analytical Results records for 1st Qtr (Jan-Mar).
  PDP96RE2.EXE  - Self-extracting executable which de-compresses to an 
                   ASCII, fixed-length data file (PDP96RE2.ASC) which holds
                   118,098 Analytical Results records for 2nd Qtr (Apr-Jun).
  PDP96RE3.EXE  - Self-extracting executable which de-compresses to an
                   ASCII, fixed-length data file (PDP96RE3.ASC) which holds
                   98,639 Analytical Results records for 3rd Qtr (Jul-Sep).
  PDP96RE4.EXE  - Self-extracting executable which de-compresses to an
                   ASCII, fixed-length data file (PDP96RE4.ASC) which holds
                   30,977 Analytical Results records for 4th Qtr (Oct-Dec).

  DATADI96.TXT  - Data Dictionary that provides the file layouts for the
                   Sample Info data file (pdp96sam.asc) and the 4 Analytical
                   Results data files (pdp96re#.asc).  This is a text file
                   that requires compressed (132-column) print.

   Fifteen ASCII text files that can be used to reference and interpret the
   standard codes used in the PDP data:
  ANNOT96.TXT   - valid PDP Annotation Codes & Descriptions
  CLAIM96.TXT   - valid PDP Marketing Claim Codes & Descriptions
  CLASS96.TXT   - valid PDP Test Class Codes & Descriptions
  CNTRY96.TXT   - valid PDP Country Codes & Names for 1996 Imported Samples
  COLTYP96.TXT  - valid PDP Collection Site Type Codes & Descriptions
  COMMOD96.TXT  - valid PDP Commodity Codes & Descriptions
  CONFME96.TXT  - valid PDP Confirmation Method Codes & Descriptions
  CTYPE96.TXT   - valid PDP Commodity Type Codes & Descriptions
  DETERM96.TXT  - valid PDP Determinative Method Codes & Descriptions
  EXTRAC96.TXT  - valid PDP Extraction Method Codes & Descriptions
  LABS96.TXT    - valid PDP Participating Laboratory Codes & Cities
  MEAN96.TXT    - valid PDP Mean of Result Codes & Descriptions
  PEST96.TXT    - valid PDP Pesticide Codes & Names reported in 1996
  QUANT96.TXT   - valid PDP Quantitative Method Codes & Descriptions
  STATE96.TXT   - valid State Postal Codes & Names for 50 states

  READ96.ME     -  text file containing these same instructions