# HG changeset patch
# User Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com>
# Date 1593449022 -7200
# Node ID a2060a76ed6aa3becf5c12c7b46bb3259ac7cfca
# Parent  ce7709cb380e3e179e1cff811407aed6c43e4ce3
note in ArchiveStudiesInTimeRange.py

diff -r ce7709cb380e -r a2060a76ed6a Resources/Samples/Python/ArchiveStudiesInTimeRange.py
--- a/Resources/Samples/Python/ArchiveStudiesInTimeRange.py	Sat Jun 27 10:48:49 2020 +0200
+++ b/Resources/Samples/Python/ArchiveStudiesInTimeRange.py	Mon Jun 29 18:43:42 2020 +0200
@@ -62,8 +62,16 @@
     study = RestToolbox.DoGet('%s/studies/%s' % (URL, studyId))['MainDicomTags']
 
     # Retrieve the DICOM tags of the parent patient of this study
+
+    # Case 1: Baseline version
     patient = RestToolbox.DoGet('%s/studies/%s/patient' % (URL, studyId))['MainDicomTags']
 
+    # Case 2: Tweaked version that can be used if several patients
+    # share the same "Patient ID", but have different "Patient Name"
+    # (which is invalid according to the DICOM standard).
+    # https://groups.google.com/d/msg/orthanc-users/58AxIkxFbZs/N6Knub8MAgAJ
+    # patient = RestToolbox.DoGet('%s/studies/%s' % (URL, studyId)) ['PatientMainDicomTags']
+
     # Check that the StudyDate tag lies within the given range
     studyDate = study['StudyDate'][:8]
     if studyDate >= START and studyDate <= END: